Liverpool’s rout and three more in the Champions League highlights
FC Porto re-entered the qualifying accounts for the former Champions League accountants, while Sport with a new defeat, fell to its future.
The dragons beat Bayer Leverkusen away, by 3-0, and are already second in group B, on the fourth round, while Sporting fell again to Marseille, this time by 2-0, in Alvalade, descending to third in the group D, which is no longer qualifying for the eighth.
Naples (Group A), Club Brugge (Group B) and Bayern (Group C) are the teams virtually qualified so far, joining the two that had passed on Tuesday – Real Madrid (Group F) and Manchester City (G group).
Sér., coach of the FC Porto result, has reasons to smile, after all the defeats in the group match, he has two triumphs before or against Leverkusen, this one especially present by Conceição, by in Germany and dilated.
If they win in Brugge, on the 26th, FC Porto is almost certain in the next round, and it’s even known if Leverkusen doesn’t lose against Atlético de Madrid, a club that conceded a null at home against the surprising Belgians.
Club Brugge, with three wins and this draw (and still no long goals), reach 10 points and will no longer drop from second place.
FC Porto has six points, two more than Atlético de Madrid and three more than Leverkusen, still aiming for the eighth, a fight that will go on for at least one more round.
Diogo was giant in the goal of the Portuguese champions and even defended a great penalty guard, in the 16th minute, holding the 1-0 that had been registered since the sixth minute, with the goal of the own-nets.
In the second half, FC Porto went to two penalties, beneficiary 53 and 64, with the Iranian Mehdi Taremi winning on both occasions, to the despair of coach Xabi, who made his debut on the benches of the Champions League.
Losing momentum, even, is Sporting, in group B, as they stopped at six points on the second round and have already been passed by Tottenham (reached seven) and Marseille (also six, but advantage in direct confrontation).
In Lisbon, the key moment of the game may have been the sending off of Ricardo Esgaio, in the 19th minute, with a penalty, converted by Guendouzi.
10 minutes later, Aléxis Sánchez scored the second for the team from the south of France (with Nuno Tavares as the starter), against an already very demoralized Sporting team that was left the most at 60, with another expulsion, this time by Pedro Gonçalves.
At the same time, in London, Tottenham beat Eintracht Frankfurt by 3-2 and took the lead in the group.
Kamada got ahead of the Germans, at 14, after which the Londoners scored three times, through Son Heung-Min (20 and 36) and Harry Kane (28, from penalty).
Alidou still played, at 87, the Germans had 10 (at arrivedx5, at 87), but no longer.
In group A, Napoli continued on a perfect path, with a new 4-2 victory over Ajax. It is clear, with 12 points, the maximum possible so far.
Francisco Conceição played in the last six minutes for Ajax, when the result was already 3-2.
Lots of goals in this group today. At Glasgow’s Ibrox Stadium, Liverpool thrashed Rangers 7-1 and consolidated second place in the group with nine points. To qualify, it is enough for Ajax to lose points, or a draw.
The Egyptian Mohamad Salah got a hat-trick, curiously with the three goals assisted by the Portuguese Diogo Jota. Entered at 73, he still had time for three lethal passes for the pharaoh.
A very good note, too, for Brazilian Roberto Firmino, with two goals and an assist for Uruguayan Darwin Nunez, a former Benfica striker. The other goal for the Reds was Elliot and Arfield’s Scotsman, in the 17th minute.
For group C, Bayern completely dominated Viktoria Plzen in the Czech Republic, by 4-2, with the score registering 4-0 at the time of play.
Goretzka, with two goals and an assist, was the man of the match that led the Bavarians to 12 points and qualification.
Much disputed and with for both sides in the break times, Barcelona Inter ended up 3-3, which qualifies the team for changes, which reaches seven points, with a more favorable calendar, while resources are with only four.
Lewandowski scored twice, both times to restore the tie on the scoreboard, but it’s little for the Blaugrana team, which will likely terrorize the Europa League.