Berlin, November 4 (BNA): Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane’s first-half goals gave Liverpool a 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, and a place in the Champions League round of 16, Ajax scored a late goal to win 3-1. Dortmund to join them.
Seven-time champions Liverpool repeated their lightning start from the second leg in Madrid when Trent Alexander-Arnold crossed Jota in the 13th minute and then repeated the trick for Mane in the 21st minute.
“The match was almost perfect, as we wanted to achieve: we scored the goals at the right moments,” said Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
“They were a lot more up front than they were in their home game, in the way they started, but we defended really well and they were two great balls from Trent, I have to say.”
Felipe’s direct red card made life more difficult for Diego Simeone’s side, and despite the return of Jota and Luis Suarez to his former club, goals each disallowed in the second half, Liverpool easily maintained their Group B lead with a full 12 points. dpa reports.
Porto is in second place with five, after a 1-1 draw with Milan, which scored its first point, while Atletico is third with four points.
Ajax joined Liverpool, Juventus and Bayern Munich, starting from Tuesday, in reaching the playoffs, as Sebastian Haller scored the brilliant seventh goal in four matches six minutes before the end.
The hosts were energetic in trying to avenge Amsterdam’s 4-0 thrashing, and a well-deserved Marco Reus penalty kicked in the first half shortly after Mats Hummels’ incredibly harsh straight red card for an alleged tackle at the start.
“I have no idea how to give red,” Hummels told DAZN. I waited right on the field [for video review]. When it stuck to red, I couldn’t believe it. It was an absurdly wrong decision.”
Ajax equalized by Dusan Tadic and Davy Klassen made the score safe in overtime.
Dortmund has six points, equal to Sporting Lisbon, who crushed Besiktas without a goal 4-0 to make an exciting match with the Bundesliga team in Portugal next time.
RB Leipzig earned a first point in Group A thanks to a Dominic Szoboszlai penalty in stoppage time at home to PSG.
Georginio Wijnaldum’s double gave PSG the lead despite Christopher Nkunko’s opening goal against his former club.
Andre Silva missed a penalty 1-0 and Paris Saint-Germain, without injured Lionel Messi, was the type to drop to second in the table with eight points.
Last year’s finalist, Manchester City, are one behind them and are certain to qualify for the last 16 after Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus scored a 4-1 victory over Club Brugge, which was tied through John Stones. Goal.
Brugge has four points and is on its way to taking third place in the European League.
And there was a historic goal for Real Madrid, where Karim Benzema scored his thousandth goal and then the 1001th goal in the Cup / Champions League, and his double achieved a vital 2-1 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk.
And the French double kept the record winner in the European elite competitions at the top of Group D with nine points, two points ahead of Inter Milan, who qualified 3-1 in a surprise deal from Moldova Sharif, who has six points.
Benzema opened the scoring in the 14th minute after Vinicius Junior made a defensive error and the young Brazilian also made the winning goal, an hour after joining his compatriot Casemiro.
“It was a tough match against a good team that played well,” said Real Madrid captain Benzema, who has scored four goals in four Champions League games this season.