Liverpool vs Porto, Champions League - as it happened
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool host Porto at Anfield in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, with the hosts' 5-0 first-leg lead giving this game the feeling of a formality to be completed, rather than a true contest for quarter final progression.
Jurgen Klopp’s side gave a stunning performance over 90 minutes at the Estádio do Dragão just under a fortnight ago, ending Porto’s 21 game unbeaten run at home with ease through goals from Liverpool’s eclectic trio of Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane, who bagged a hat-trick.
Liverpool’s first-leg performance has given them a seemingly unassailable lead to take back to Merseyside, and one senses it might require some ‘Istanbul’ antics of a Portuguese origin to turn this tie back around for Porto.
Since being demolished at home in the first leg, Porto have returned to winning ways domestically, though the task posed by playing Liverpool at Anfield may prove to be a stretch too far for Sérgio Conceição’s side.
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Match preview
It’s a big game for...
Mohammed Salah. Liverpool’s Egyptian talisman collected his third Premier League player of the month award on Monday, and Tuesday’s contest presents yet another chance for the likely recipient of the PFA Players’ Player of the Year Award to prove himself on the biggest stage of domestic football. Goals have not been hard for Salah to come by in 2017/18, with six in the UCL to date, and he could well add to this tally in a potential demolition of Porto at Anfield.
Best stat...
Liverpool have scored more goals than any other team in this season’s Champions League (28), including 25 in the past five games.
Remember when...
Liverpool ran riot in the first-leg of this tie with an exhibition of fierce attacking prowess? Any excuse to watch these goals again...
Player to watch...
Sadio Mane. After scoring a hat-rick in the first leg in Portugal, Mane will be looking to add to his UCL goal tally at Anfield, currently boasting six goals in 2017/18. He will be brimming with confidence, having also scored in consecutive Premier League games since the victory over Porto just over a fortnight ago.
Past three meetings...
Porto 0 Liverpool 5, Champions League, February 2018
Liverpool 4 Porto 0, Champions League, November 2007
Porto 1 Liverpool 1, Champions League, September 2007
Form guide...
Liverpool: WDWWWW
Porto: WLWWWW
Odds…
Liverpool to win: 13/25
Draw: 16/5
Porto to win: 6/1
84' - PSG's Edinson Cavani is booked for a late challenge on Casemiro.
90' - Alphonse Areola produces an impressive diving save to his left to prevent Isco from doubling Madrid's lead on the night.
90' - We'll have a minimum of four added minutes at the end of the 90.
Full-time - Liverpool 0-0 Porto (Agg: 5-0)
Not really a thrill-fest at Anfield but the Reds are the first English team to confirm their place in the last eight after a goalless draw with Porto.
Full-time - PSG 1-2 Real Madrid (Agg: 2-5)
Real Madrid join Liverpool in the last eight after a comfortable aggregate victory over PSG at the Parc des Princes.
The hosts realistically needed to grab the first goal of the game to have a chance of progression but Cristiano Ronaldo's header at the start of the second half made it 4-1 on aggregate to Los Blancos.
Edinson Cavani gave Unai Emery's side a sliver of hope after midfielder Marco Verratti had been sent off but Casemiro's 80th-minute goal ended the hosts' comeback hopes.
Real Madrid are into the last eight
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