Liverpool in Europe - 2017/18 Champions League

Round:

Of 16, 1st Leg

2017-18 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Stadium:

Estadio do Dragao

Date:

Wednesday, 14th February 2018

Attendance:

47,718

Time:

19:45 (local time)

Referee:

Daniele Orsato

Coach:

Sergio Conceicao

Coach:

Jurgen Klopp

VALIDATED

FC PORTO

LIVERPOOL

12.

Jose Sa

Loris Karius

Ivan Marcano

Virgil Van Dijk

Yacine Brahimi

Georginio Wijnaldum

11.

Moussa Marega

Dejan Lovren

13.

Alex Telles

James Milner

16.

Hector Herrera (C)

Roberto Firmino

69 0:4

21.

Ricardo

11.

Mohamed Salah

29 0:2

23.

Diego Reyes

14.

Jordan Henderson (C)

25.

Otavio

19.

Sadio Mane

25 0:1 53 0:3 85 0:5

27.

Sergio Oliveria

26.

Andrew Robertson

29.

Francisco Soares

66.

Trent Alexander-Arnold

14.

Goncalo Paciencia

Soares 74

22.

Simon Mignolet

17.

Jesus Corona

Otavio 46

12.

Joe Gomez

Alexander-Arnold 79

18.

Majeed Waris

Brahimi 62

18.

Alberto Moreno

20.

Adam Lallana

21.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

28.

Danny Ings

Firmino 80

32.

Joel Matip

Henderson 75

Estadio do Dragao, Porto, Portugal	Distance from Anfield Stadium: 1427 km - 887 miles

Unofficial Programme. 16 pages.

There was no official programme for this match. This unofficial issue was produced in the Netherlands. We have been informed that a small number of copies of this issue were available at the stadium.

Official team sheet from UEFA website.

The official FC Porto magazine Dragoes, dated December 2017, previewed the Liverpool matches.

O Jogo newspaper, dated the day of the match, previewed the match.

A Bola newspaper, dated the day of the match, previewed the match.

FORM GUIDE

Klopp explains reason for Reds’ 25-man Porto squad 👉https://t.co/XaLtpnRGTB pic.twitter.com/sgXxOQGApQ
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 13, 2018

Oporto ?????????? pic.twitter.com/nKipOw358m
— Alberto Moreno (@lfc18alberto) February 13, 2018

That touch. That control. That man Mo! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/dtI3C1JKnY
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 14, 2018

WHAT A TEAM!
5 goals with a clean sheet!
Incredible support by the fans who came all the way to Porto ????#YNWA #LK1 #LFC @ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/EE8KC3LiDX
— Loris Karius (@LorisKarius) February 14, 2018

Big result tonight???? quality from the boys and amazing support as usual! We go again at Anfield ?????? #66 pic.twitter.com/o8hwBeQ1Ln
— Trent Arnold (@trentaa98) February 14, 2018

Great result and performance from the boys, clean sheet and some great goals! Delighted to make... https://t.co/dDm4HaJDFf
— Andrew Robertson (@andrewrobertso5) February 14, 2018

Happy Valentine's Day, Reds. 😍 pic.twitter.com/7tIbilgQqe
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 14, 2018

"I’m always pleased to play with these great players."

Sadio could not stop smiling after hitting a @ChampionsLeague hat-trick: https://t.co/PluYJLeOTg pic.twitter.com/jkQl7F7bom
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 14, 2018

⬇️ Porto's XI to face #LFC ⬇️#UCL https://t.co/auSXI4otIk
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 14, 2018

What a result this is!???? vs ???? !! Good job lads ????? #UCL #LFC #YNWA pic.twitter.com/mrogOvMfel
— Simon Mignolet (@SMignolet) February 14, 2018

Great talking to one of the best goalkeepers of all time after the @ChampionsLeague game ?????? @IkerCasillas #LK1 pic.twitter.com/210kv00l0B
— Loris Karius (@LorisKarius) February 20, 2018

Proud to have made my @championsleague debut for this beautiful club! What a win! ?????? pic.twitter.com/5OX2OvSDQU
— Virgil van Dijk (@VirgilvDijk) February 14, 2018

What a beautiful night in Portugal! A great step towards the next round, Let us all make sure that we give the same energy in the return???? #YNWA ?? pic.twitter.com/jLB4nWf9nd
— Georginio Wijnaldum (@GWijnaldum) February 14, 2018

"HAT-TRICK. FIVE-NIL. SADIO MANE. SENSATIONAL!"

Turn that sound ON and savour tonight's stunning victory with our commentary team... 🗣 pic.twitter.com/YI1va4IQ0s
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 14, 2018

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Ten days later, on Saturday the 24th of February, Liverpool won 4:1 against West Ham United at Anfield. Emre Can gave Liverpool a half time lead. In the second half, Liverpool went further ahead with goals from Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino. Substitute Michail Antonio pulled one back for the visitors before Sadio Mane completed the scoring. The result left Liverpool in 2nd place in the Premier League table on 57 points after 28 matches; 15 points behind leaders Manchester City who had a match in hand.

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