In the early morning of April 6, Beijing time, the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals ended a match, and Liverpool played away to Benfica. In the first 34 minutes of the first half, Liverpool led 2-0 away from home, scoring two goals in just 17 minutes, easily beating Benfica, and the game also lost suspense.
In the previous round of 16, Liverpool eliminated Inter Milan 2-1 on aggregate and Benfica eliminated Ajax 3-2, which was the second time the two teams met after the 2006 Champions League quarter-final, when Liverpool returned to the home court to suffer a 0-2 defeat after losing 0-1 away, and the total score was 0-3 eliminated by Benfica.
This time again, Liverpool ushered in a chance for revenge. Manchester City, also a Premier League team, blasted a 5-0 away from home in the round of 16, directly ending the two-legged suspense and finally easily eliminating another Portuguese Premier League team, Portugal Sport, liverpool hope to replicate.
In terms of starting, coach Klopp sent Mane, Salah and Luis Díaz forward trident, Jota, Firmino and Takumi Minamino joined the bench, and Fabinho, Thiago and Keita sat in midfield.
After the opening, Liverpool controlled the game. In the 9th minute, Salah cooperated with Mane, Mane made the ball on his heels and sent it into the box, and Salah's small angle follow-up poke was blocked, missing a good opportunity.
The game changed places and in the 17th minute, Robertson's corner kick was driven into the middle of the penalty area, Conat jumped up and headed the top of the goal to the right of the goal, the Benfica goalkeeper could not save, Liverpool 1-0 away to the next city.
In the 34th minute, Alexander-Arnold sent a long pass, Luis Díaz's header from the penalty area was crossed, and Mane easily pushed the goal to help Liverpool extend the score 2-0.
In just 17 minutes, Liverpool easily scored two goals in a row, the game was also momentarily lost suspense, and Klopp did not have much celebration on the sidelines, because he was confident that he could win the game.
As the third favourite to win the title, Liverpool lost 2-0 away to Benfica 16 years ago, and now leads 2-0 less than half-time, very close to revenge, after all, it is close to advancing to the top 4.