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The Champions League desk is taking form, and the highest finish seems so much just like the Premier League.
Share“Malcolm Macdonald as soon as ran the 100 metres in 10.9 seconds on 70s and 80s TV staple Superstars,” says Simon McMahon, “quicker I’m certain than fellow Famous person Geoff Capes, Olympic shot putter, twice World’s Strongest Man, Highland Video games champion and former President of the Budgerigar Society, who has sadly died right now, bringing again childhood recollections of Brian Jacks, Lynn Davies, Kevin Keegan, Daley Thompson, John Conteh, Jackie Stewart, Tony Jacklin…
“Are you able to think about that right now? Jude Bellingham, Lewis Hamilton, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyson Fury driving bikes and doing squat thrusts on a Wednesday night time on Channel 5. I’d watch.”
Are you certain he didn’t let another person run the primary 98 metres after which cost over the road along with his fingers within the air?
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Full time: Leipzig 0-1 Liverpool
The Slot machine spits out one other three factors. Darwin Nunez’s first-half objective has given Liverpool a deserved victory in Leipzig, one which takes them to second within the fledgling Champions League desk.
It was a powerful Liverpool efficiency total, even when they wanted Caiomhin Kelleher to make three tough saves within the second half. Each keepers performed effectively and had been it not for Peter Gulacsi, Liverpool might need been out of sight by half-time. That’s 11 win 12 video games underneath Arne Slot, together with six out of six away from house. Fairly, fairly good.
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Up to date at 16.55 EDT
90+3 min Diaz’s wobbling shot from the sting of the realm isn’t held by Gulacsi, however he will get away with it.
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90+1 min Baumgartner places Openda proper by means of on objective with an excellent cross. Openda inexplicably declines to shoot, tries to sq. the ball to Poulsen and makes a multitude of that as effectively. It was a dreadful cross, effectively behind Poulsen, although because it transpired Openda was once more offside. He’s missed the possibility to finish his hat-trick!
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90 min Liverpool are 5 added minutes away from their eleventh victory in 12 video games underneath Arne Slot.
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89 min Gakpo cuts inside from the left and scorches a rising drive that’s tipped over one-handed by Gulacsi, leaping to his left. Wonderful save.
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87 min “If Openda will get a 3rd disallowed objective,” says Ian Copestake, “then Liverpool will most likely signal him.”
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85 min: Leipzig substitution Eljif Elmas replaces the spectacular Amadou Haidara. Time to go for broke.
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84 min It seems like Liverpool have been snug for many of the recreation, but Caoimhin Kelleher has made three very important saves within the second half. I assume it’s as a result of Leipzig have performed in moments; at no stage have that they had Liverpool underneath sustained strain.
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Henrichs did brilliantly, amassing Konate’s headed clearance earlier than surging spherical the skin of the Liverpool defence. Then he struck a fierce cross-shot that was pushed away beautifully by Kelleher. Openda had an open objective however he had gone too quickly and was clearly offside.
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83 min: Openda has one other objective disallowed!
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Up to date at 16.52 EDT
81 min Szoboszlai’s candy chest-volley is effectively blocked by Bitshiabu.
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80 min One spectacular factor about Liverpool underneath Arne Slot is their potential to handle the tempo of a recreation. They nonetheless have the capability to overwhelm groups in a five- or ten-minute interval however they will additionally gradual issues down and preserve the opposition at arm’s size. That’s what they’re doing proper now.
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78 min: One other Leipzig substitution Yussuf Poulsen replaces Xavi Simons, who seems to have turned his ankle and desires assist leaving the sector.
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77 min Gakpo has gone to centre ahead for Liverpool, with Diaz on the left and Szoboszlai (I feel) enjoying from the appropriate.
Gakpo belts over the bar from distance.
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75 min: Triple substitution for Liverpool Andy Robertson, Joe Gomez and the in-form Curtis Jones come on for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kostas Tsimikas and the superb Darwin Nunez.
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74 min: Triple substitution for Leipzig Christoph Baumgartner, Kevin Kampl and El Chadaille Bitshiabu substitute Arthur Vermeeren, Benjamin Sesko and Lutsharel Geertruida.
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73 min: One other good save by Kelleher! Simons’ shot from the sting of the realm takes a nasty deflection and loops over the top of Kelleher, who jumps backward to tip it over the bar. The primary save was the higher of the 2 however it was one other piece of wonderful, assured goalkeeping.
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72 min: Superb save by Kelleher! Leipzig virtually equalise out of nothing. Konate misplaced the ball in a harmful space to Haidara, whose deal with diverted the ball to Simons. He moved the sting of the realm and performed an angled cross to Sesko, whose low shot was kicked away by Kelleher. Wonderful reflexes.
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70 min: Mac Allister hits the bar! Beautiful play from Liverpool. Mac Allister performs a pleasant cross to Szoboszlai, who drags his studs over the ball to return it to Mac Allister. He curls a fantastic shot from 25 yards that beats Gulacsi and hits the highest of the bar.
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68 min Openda will get behind Konate on the left aspect of the realm, chops again exterior onto his proper foot and hits a shot that deflects off Konate and spins not far over the bar.
The flag then goes up towards Openda, although the replay steered he might need been onside.
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66 min Nunez receives a brief cross from Gakpo on the sting of the realm, opens his physique and pings a clumsy, dipping shot that Gulacsi saves on the second try.
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63 min: Liverpool substitution Luis Diaz replaces Mo Salah, who isn’t blissful about being taken off. Liverpool go to Arsenal on Sunday, therefore the administration of his minutes.
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62 min In different information, Barcelona lead Bayern Munich 4-1 because of a hat-trick from Robert Lewand- Raphinha.
The Barcelona workforce consists of 4 21-year-old and two 17-year-olds. Is one thing sensible occurring?
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60 min “The travesty of the Champions League just isn’t the format,” says Krishnamoorthy V, “however the truth that you mislead so many groups about profitable this trophy which is then collected by Actual Madrid come Might. (Doubters might please discuss with BVB Dortmund.)”
The format doesn’t make soccer any extra undemocratic, does it? Please don’t make me shout at that cloud once more.
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59 min Salah controls a crossfield cross, shuffles infield and wafts a trademark roller over the bar from 20 yards. Liverpool look very snug for the time being.
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58 min As issues stand – I do know, I do know – Liverpool are second within the Champions League desk, behind Aston Villa on objective distinction. A 2-0 win would ship them prime.
Share57 min “I reckon Kári Tulinius is onto one thing with a completely Swiss-system Champions League,” writes Andy Flintoff. “We simply want a venue which has 16 pitches in shut proximity, comparable to Hackney Marshes, and every spherical might be held there. Solves the logistics immediately (apart from about one million followers descending on East London each week). Do the identical in two different places for the Europa League and the Convention League. Or you may rotate between the three venues every matchday.
“PS I’m not mad.”
Couldn’t we simply play the entire thing on Soccer Supervisor?
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56 min A fierce long-range shot from Henrichs hits Mac Allister flush within the masculinity. That appears critically painful, and he’s mendacity on his again receiving therapy. Undecided you may actually deal with that; he simply wants a little bit of time to get his breath again.
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54 min Alexander-Arnold farts round close to the byline and is dispossessed by Simons. The assault peters out however Simons continues to look Leipzig’s largest risk. Apart from one spectacular effort apiece, Openda and Sesko have been quiet.
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51 min “Will Darwin’s strike imply survival of the fittest” wonders Peter Oh. “Or will Purple Bull roar again and guarantee survival of the fizziest?”
Grasp on, Purple Bull is fizzy? I’m so out of contact, I don’t even know which one’s Dec.
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50 min Good defending from Gravenberch, who slides to concede a nook and cease Simons’ low cross reaching Sesko within the center. Van Dijk embraces him like a goalscorer.
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49 min: Huge save by Gulacsi! Nunez goes after one other misplaced trigger, this time down the appropriate. He screws a cutback that’s minimize out on the close to submit, just for Vermeeren and Geertruida to make an entire Horlicks of the state of affairs and current the ball to Gakpo six yards out. His shot is stopped by the outstretched proper leg of Gulacsi.
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49 min A scruffy begin to the second half, nothing to report besides that there’s nothing to report.
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47 min “Simply appeared up Malcolm Macdonald’s profession stats, mighty spectacular they’re too,” says Simon McMahon. “And he was excellent in A Clockwork Orange.”
Ah, a little bit of the outdated ultrabanter.
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46 min Peep peep! Leipzig start the second half.
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“To not get into the weeds, I say whereas entering into the weeds, however Uefa selected to make use of a Pots System reasonably than a Swiss System,” writes Kári Tulinius. “If it had been really a Swiss System, then groups would face an opponent with the identical variety of factors, or as near as doable, every spherical. It could guarantee much more matches between the massive golf equipment, and fewer meet-ups between sharks and minnows. After all, that may imply extra precise jeopardy, in order that gained’t occur, except UEFA does a bait and change subsequent yr and says the golf equipment had agreed to a Swiss System, so there. It could be logistically tough, however much more enjoyable to look at.”
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Half-time studying
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Half time: Leipzig 0-1 Liverpool
Liverpool began slowly and appeared prone to counter-attacks, however Darwin Nunez’s Twenty seventh-minute objective, nicked from Mo Salah, modified the sport. It was one-way visitors after that: Peter Gulacsi saved brilliantly from Nunez, who may* have had a penalty after a dodgy deal with from Willi Orban, and the spectacular Cody Gakpo flashed a shot simply huge.
* Edit: ought to have had a penalty. We’ve simply seen just a few replays and it appeared a transparent foul.
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45 min “Glad to see Nunez carry his conventional contact of chaos to Salah’s effort,” says Matt Dony. “Stealing objectives is a harmful recreation. I’ve not often discovered something on a soccer pitch funnier than Nani making an attempt to steal Ronaldo’s objective towards Spain, solely to be flagged offside. Ronaldo ‘scored’ an outrageous outside-of-the-boot chip from a preposterous place, and Nani sauntered in to destroy it. Cue the Look Of Dying. Magnificent stuff.”
Oh sure! Had completely forgotten that. Ronaldo’s response is marvellous.
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44 min Gakpo strikes infield with goal, provides the ball to Szoboszlai and makes for the penalty space. Szoboszlai performs a cute return cross and Gakpo sweeps a first-time shot simply huge from about 15 yards. He’s been filled with menace.
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43 min Haidara’s deflected long-range shot is held comfortably by Kelleher, diving to his proper.
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41 min Soccer is never uninteresting when Darwin Nunez is on the pitch. He’s been a persistent ache in Leipzig’s derriere within the final 20 minutes or so, and the penalty enchantment got here from a sometimes decided pursuit of an apparently misplaced trigger. Everybody, together with Orban, thought the ball was going behind for a goalkick.
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40 min Leipzig are hanging on to a 1-0 deficit. A really harmful cross in direction of Nunez is cleared both brilliantly or fortuitously by Orban, who was dealing with his personal objective and pulled down a ball that got here in direction of him at a really awkward top.
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39 min: No penalty Hmm, Orban’s a bit lucky there. Nunez undoubtedly obtained to the ball first and, although he was blissful to run into Orban’s leg, finally he didn’t provoke the contact. We’ve solely seen one replay although.
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38 min Nunez goes flying within the space after scooting previous Orban close to the byline. The referee isn’t however this might be overturned by VAR.
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37 min Tsimikas’s nook from the appropriate is met on the close to submit by Van Dijk, whose header is tipped over by Gulacsi. That was a extra snug save than the one from Nunez.
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36 min Liverpool have been effectively on prime because the objective. Alexander-Arnold receives possession 25 yards from objective, walks previous a defender and rakes a shot that deflects behind for a nook.
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34 min “This could be too outdated for many of your readers,” says Espen Bommen, “however that’s a Malcolm Macdonald objective from Nunez if I’ve ever seen one.”
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32 min: Terrific save by Gulacsi! Alexander-Arnold sprays a simple crossfield cross out to the more and more influential Gakpo. He flicks a beautiful cross in direction of Nunez, whose highly effective close-range header is tipped over acrobatically by Gulacsi; that’s a superb response save.
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29 min Think about if Nunez had been offside although.
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