Liverpool in Europe - 2021/22 Champions League

Round:

Q/F, 1st Leg

2021-22 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Stadium:

Estadio da Luz

Date:

Tuesday, 5th April 2022

Attendance:

59,657

Time:

20:00 (local time)

Referee:

Jesus Gil Manzano

Coach:

Nelson Verissimo

Coach:

Jurgen Klopp

BENFICA

LIVERPOOL

99.

Odisseas Vlachodimos

Alisson Becker

Gilberto

Fabinho Tavarez

Alejandro Grimaldo

Virgil Van Dijk (C)

Jan Vertonghen

Ibrahima Konate

17 0:1

Everton

Thiago Alcantara

VALIDATED

Darwin Nunez

49 1:2

Naby Keita

27.

Rafa Silva

10.

Sadio Mane

34 0:2

28.

Julian Weigl

11.

Mohamed Salah

30.

Nicolas Otamend (C)

23.

Luis Diaz

87 1:3

49.

Adel Taarabt

26.

Andrew Robertson

88.

Goncalo Ramos

66.

Trent Alexander-Arnold

11.

Soualiho Meite

Taarabt 70

62.

Caoimhin Kelleher

15.

Roman Yaremchuk

Everton 82

James Milner

Keita 89

20.

Joao Mario

Ramos 86

Roberto Firmino

Mane 61

12.

Joe Gomez

Alexander-Arnold 89

14.

Jordan Henderson

Thiago 61

15.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

17.

Curtis Jones

18.

Takumi Minamino

20.

Diogo Jota

Salah 61

21.

Kostas Tsimikas

32.

Joel Matip

67.

Harvey Elliott


Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Distance from Anfield Stadium: 1699 km - 1056 miles

There was no offical programme issued for this match. O Benfica - Benfica club's official newspaper - which was issued four days before the match includes a 6 page preview of the match. It was on sale at the stadium.

Unofficial issue. 20 pages.

Produced in the Netherlands. On sale at the stadium.

Official team sheets from UEFA website.

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

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

Record newspaper, dated the day of the match, previews the match.

Images courtesy of Andy Marsden

Click on the arrow

to see the leaflet in PDF format.

Match tickets purchased on the internet.

Image courtesy of David Curtis

FORM GUIDE

Our European journey continues with a trip to Portugal 🇵🇹 pic.twitter.com/DQfubZzm1w
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 18, 2022

The next leg on our European journey. A trip to @SLBenfica ✈️ #SLBLIV pic.twitter.com/Aaaeot5UzG
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 4, 2022

Half of the way 💫🔴🙌🏻 #XSpeedflow pic.twitter.com/xKVax5Lw3Z
— Luis Fernando Díaz (@LuisFDiaz19) April 5, 2022

Mood with this win. 😅💪🏾

Great way to get the quarterfinals started, but the job is not done yet.

Let's keep going, Reds! 🙏🏽🔴 pic.twitter.com/SyHmYjfZSv
— Fabinho (@_fabinhotavares) April 5, 2022

The dance might be the safer option in future, @_fabinhotavares 😂 pic.twitter.com/ozHkgb4fBL
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 5, 2022

A good first leg but still work to do 🙌❤️ #YNWA pic.twitter.com/j3vJA4rWLt
— Andy Robertson (@andrewrobertso5) April 5, 2022

To Anfield we go ✊🔴 #LIVSLB pic.twitter.com/2ckLOKjdq2
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 12, 2022

🎼 "EU AMO O BENFICA, LA LA LA..." ❤🤍#EPluribusUnum #SLBLIV #UCL pic.twitter.com/JBaHoEQlu5
— SL Benfica (@SLBenfica) April 5, 2022

⭐ #UCL 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 ⭐

Quarter-final time as we take on @SLBenfica 👊#WalkOn | #SLBLIV pic.twitter.com/EMmmoDddJE
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 5, 2022

⚽ SL Benfica vs. Liverpool FC
🏆 1.ª mão dos quartos de final da #UCL
🕗 20:00
🏟 Estádio da Luz
📺 TVI/ Eleven 1#SLBLIV #EPluribusUnum pic.twitter.com/L5gS0xORlz
— SL Benfica (@SLBenfica) April 5, 2022

Our 2️⃣0️⃣th different scorer of the season! 👏

Well in, @IbrahimaKonate_ 🤩 pic.twitter.com/Y4gsuJtdAS
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 5, 2022

A good result to take back to Anfield. The focus now turns to Sunday.. pic.twitter.com/RcyhG9AuAv
— Virgil van Dijk (@VirgilvDijk) April 5, 2022

Good first leg result but we know we can improve, another big one coming at the weekend 💪.#YNWA pic.twitter.com/5b5sZyGJHW
— James Milner (@JamesMilner) April 5, 2022

Great result! From now thinking on Sunday! 💪🏻🔴 https://t.co/FBWPhHnoHB
— Adrián San Miguel (@AdriSanMiguel) April 5, 2022

📸 Momentos do #SLBLIV!#EPluribusUnum #UCL pic.twitter.com/UlGD3ZR4P7
— SL Benfica (@SLBenfica) April 5, 2022

Only half-time in the tie ⏸
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 5, 2022

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