Liverpool put on their European uniform and crushed Galatasaray 4-0
The English team thrashed Galatasaray and will face PSG in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.
European Liverpool is here again. Dutchman Arne Slot's team may not be impressive this year in the Premier League and is fighting to get into the top 4, but the UEFA Champions League is a completely different story. For the Reds, this has always been the case and this was clearly demonstrated again on Wednesday night (18/3). Last year's English champion was not discouraged by the defeat in Turkey. Thus, in the second game of the "16" phase at "Anfield" they threw their own party against Galatasaray and defeated them 4-0, overturning the 1-0 result in Istanbul.
Slot's players put in one of their best performances this season, perhaps even the best, and they didn't let the visitors threaten them for a moment. They deservedly won 4-0 and now have a date with Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals.
Hugo Ekitike
Liverpool were in control of the match. But they didn't really threaten in the first 20 minutes. But in the 25th minute the scene changed. The Argentine international midfielder, Alexis McAllister, executed an excellent corner kick, bringing the heart of the opposing defense, with the Hungarian international midfielder, Dominik Szoboszlai sending the ball with his left foot into the right corner of the goal of the amazing Turkish goalkeeper, Cakir.
This goal freed the English champions who then pounded the Turkish goal. Looking for the second goal. But they did not succeed as Salah, Wirtz and Szoboszlai failed to send the ball in great opportunities that presented themselves.
In two of them they were defeated by Cakir, with the Turkish goalkeeper of Cim Bom even turning into a guardian angel of his team's goal and in 45+4′ when he blocked with his feet the poor penalty taken by the Egyptian, Mohamed Salah.
In the 51st minute, Ekitike executed a left-footed shot from close range to Cakir from an assist by Salah to make it 2-0. Two minutes later, Dutch midfielder Gravenberch won the ball from a save by the Turkish keeper on a shot by Salah to make it 3-0, while in the 62nd minute, Mohamed Salah put the icing on the cake. With an unimaginably inspired left-footed shot, he scored 4-0, thus reaching 50 goals in his UEFA Champions League career.
The hosts then had chances, but the heroic Cakir, with his wonderful interventions, did not allow the hosts to increase the score. with the Now the English are waiting for Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals, to take revenge for last year's elimination in the round of 16 by the eventual European champions.
Lang's serious injury
Meanwhile, in the 82nd minute, the serious injury suffered by Galatasaray striker
Noah Lang
(he seriously injured his finger) after falling onto the Anfield billboards, cast a deep silence over the game. As the Dutchman collapsed to the ground, the Turkish team's medical staff provided him with first aid. This matter quickly spread over Anfield, overshadowing the euphoria that had erupted from the qualifying score, with Lang eventually leaving the field on a stretcher.
Manos Staramopoulos
Journalist and Analyst of International Football and Affairs
Chief Editor English Zone of Discoveryfootball.com
Athens (Greece)
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