Liverpool vs Villarreal

Liverpool head to Villarreal in Champions League semi-final second-leg action, with Jurgen Klopp's side looking to keep up their quadruple push by holding ...

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24 min Salah shoots just wide from 15 yards after a bit of a scramble in the area, though the referee had blown for something or other. 34 min This has been Liverpool’s worst performance in a while - certainly since the first half at the Etihad and probably a lot longer than that. Villarreal need to make the most of their dominance. 26 min The pitch is playing well enough despite all the rain. Normally that would be a bad thing for Liverpool, but at the moment it suits them. 56 min A corner is half cleared to Thiago, who shoots straight at Rulli from the edge of the area. Also, Thiago is the guy you want when you’re in the ascendancy but can he dig you out of a hole?” Both men ended up in a heap, and on first viewing it looked a really tight call, but replays showed it was a clean bit of keeping from Alisson. If anything, Lo Celso fouled him. They have been outplayed, outsmarted and outfought by Villarreal, who are level in the tie thanks to goals from Boulaye Dia and Francis Coquelin. Join us in 15 minutes for the second half. Again it came from a cross, this time by Capoue on the right. It’s interesting that both Everton and Villarreal have targeted Robertson and Alexander-Arnold in recent weeks, with a reasonable amount of success. 57 min Diaz shins a scissor kick over the bar.

The Yellow Submarine scored in just the third minute of the second leg courtesy of Boulaye Dia before Francis Coquelin's 41st minute equalizer.

After dominating possession in the second half, Fabinho restored the lead for Liverpool in the 62nd minute. The Yellow Submarine looked to have a golden chance in the 37th minute but was left to argue for a penalty that was never given. Liverpool came shockingly close to a goal in the 55th minute off a quickly taken free kick. Villarreal kept up the pressure as Liverpool struggled to get out of its own half throughout the first 15 minutes. Villarreal will have to pull off the comeback without one of its top players, as Arnaut Danjuma is unavailable with a foot injury. But the Reds will have to hold off a Villarreal side that has put together a couple of formidable second-leg performances so far.

The Champions League semifinals are underway for the second leg and the first game features Liverpool and Villarreal. Heres a recap of what happened.

Liverpool restored their two-goal aggregate advantage with another goal just five minutes later in the second half. Heading into the break, Liverpool found themselves in trouble, no longer able to rely on their two-goal cushion from the first leg of the semifinals. This is Dia’s first time scoring in the Champions League.

Liverpool will finish the job while Man City look to keep Real's Karim Benzema from exploiting any lack of control.

It should also be noted that without Benrahma in the side all three of the corners Filip Kostic took for Frankfurt were only cleared as far as a different player in white. Moyes' side have now conceded 10 such goals in the Premier League this season, firmly in the middle of the pack, with four of them coming since the start of April. Not so coincidentally this has coincided with the period where the Hammers have been forced to chop and change their back line on the fly thanks to a myriad of injuries. Gabriel Martinelli has time to take a touch, get the ball out from under his feet and clip a delivery to the back post for Gabriel to head in. Nine of their Premier League assists have come from dead balls, the most in the top flight along with Manchester City. They have four in the Europa League. No other team has scored more than two. Onto the Europa League, where last week's suggestion that English clubs are about to sweep the board in every competition is looking more than a bit dicey. Last Tuesday the visitors had no answer for City's sustained possession play but put Fernandinho in front of Vinicius Junior and they could find a devastating moment. Villarreal are not a team that deals well with the pressure of being behind, indeed in the 20 La Liga and Champions League matches in which they have been losing this season their record reads one win, six draws and 13 defeats. Every one of Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and even a victorious City have been baffled at how the score looks quite how it does when the final whistle blows. Trent Alexander-Arnold's rapid switches of play and balls down the line were a key feature of the Reds' first leg success, how much more successful might they be if he is not having to thread the needle between a full back and the nominal winger who is stationed a few feet ahead of him. In the smaller sample size of European matches it is 0.02 and they had not come up against a team like Liverpool before last week. Indeed, one might argue that in dragging Klopp's side into such a fiddly match for an hour Villarreal achieved more than should be reasonably expected from a team of their means. In the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Conference League (catch all the action on CBS and Paramount+) a place in a major final is just 90 minutes away.

Liverpool take on Villarreal in their Champions League semi-final second leg later today. Here, three of our writers select the starting XIs we would ...

Up front, baring in mind that the Yellow Submarine will be in a higher gear on Tuesday night, Roberto Firmino would have been a starter were he not injured, to help garner maximum value from counter-attacks. In attack, Klopp's best mix has been the trio of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané and Luis Díaz, and I expect them to start this game. Fabinho will be especially vital to ensure the defence is provided the necessary protection in a hostile atmosphere. I've kept Keïta in the side to further build his sharpness after a positive display against Newcastle, but I'd also like to see Curtis Jones introduced at some stage. I'm going with Ibrahima Konaté and Kostas Tsimikas to give Joël Matip and Andy Robertson the night off — the latter can always come off the bench if needs be and I can't see another game to give him a break in before the end of the season. And in attack, Mohamed Salah is another certainty having had most of the match off at St James' Park. There will be no Roberto Firmino, which means that only one of Sadio Mané, Diogo Jota and Luis Díaz will drop out.

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Back in 2018 and ‘19, when Liverpool went all the way to the final in Europe’s top competition, Klopp’s teams stood out for the devastation they created going forward. And it was Thiago who, when things were getting slightly stodgy in the first half as Villarreal’s players slowed the play down, got the home crowd fired up by whirring his arms toward the fans after seeing his long-range shot smash off the outside of the post. Liverpool won the first leg on Wednesday at Anfield, 2-0. Diogo Jota hit the ground running at Liverpool, quickly breaking up the long-established front three. WATCH LIVE FOR FREE: fuboTV (free trial); Paramount+ (free trial); and Hulu Live TV (free trial). Liverpool will look to advance to the UEFA Champions League final for the third time in five years on Tuesday in the second leg of their semifinal vs.

Villarreal faces Liverpool in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final tie on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 (5/3/22) at Estadio de la Cerámica in ...

Beating Leeds 4-0 kept City a point ahead of Liverpool and Kevin De Bruyne didn’t need to be called on at all. Carlo Ancelotti could afford to rest Benzema for most of the domestic game given Madrid’s league dominance, and a record-extending 35th league title was wrapped up. Liverpool made five changes from the side that beat Villarreal when it played at Newcastle on Saturday despite being involved in a Premier League title race. It’s now 42 goals from 42 appearances this campaign — the form that will put him in contention for the Ballon D’Or. For the team from a small town near Spain’s eastern coast, winning the Champions League is the only way back into the competition next season. Emery rested several starters, including forward Arnaut Danjuma, during Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Alavés that left Villarreal seventh in the Spanish league.

Manchester City brings a 4-3 advantage to the Bernabeu after a thrilling victory over Real Madrid in the first leg. Meanwhile, Liverpool arrives in Villarreal ...

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The Villarreal vs Liverpool live stream should see the Reds through to the Champions League final — but it's not over yet. Here's how to watch it live.

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