Liverpool booked their spot in the final four of the Champions League and a clash with Villarreal after seeing the job through with a 3-3 draw with Benfica (6-4 agg). Ibrahima Konate and a Roberto Firmino double did the damage for Jurgen Klopp’s side as they repelled a brief threat of a Benfica comeback.
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Liverpool will take a two-goal lead into the Champions League quarter-final second leg at Anfield after earning an important victory over Benfica in Lisbon. The Reds raced into a two goal lead but wobbled when Darwin Núñez halved the deficit but a late Luis Diaz goal could be crucial.
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A Darwin Nunez header proved decisive as Benfica booked their place in the last eight of the Champions League with a 1-0 win away to Ajax. The sides were level at 2-2 on aggregate after the first leg but the fancied Ajax failed to live up to the hype.
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