Liverpool, who appeared with the majority of coatings, finally qualified for the semifinals after the second half entered their mainstay players for fear of being eliminated. The second leg of the quarter-finals between Liverpool and Benfica ended as strong 3-3. Liverpool qualified for the semifinals after winning 6-4 on aggregate. This is the 12th time Liverpool have qualified for the Champions League semi-finals, they are the English club to have reached the UCL semi-finals the most times - equal to Manchester United's record. Jurgen Klopp has qualified for the UCL semifinals for the fourth time in his coaching career, in the first 3 semifinals he has lived, he has always managed to lead his team to the final. Maybe this time too...
21' 1-0 Ibrahima Konate Konstantinos Tsimikas (4-1)
32' 1-1 Goncalo Ramos (4-2)
55' 2-1 Roberto Firmino Diogo Jota (5-2)
65' 3-1 Roberto Firmino Konstantinos Tsimikas (6-2)
73' 3-2 Roman Yaremchuk Alex Grimaldo (6-3)
82' 3-3 Darwin Nunez Joao Mario (6-4)
List of all English clubs progress to the Champions League semifinals in history:
12 - Liverpool, Man Utd
8 - Chelsea
3 - Leeds, Man City
2 - Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Spurs
1 - Aston Villa, Derby County
Jurgen Klopp is the third German coach to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League four times, after Jupp Heynckes and Omar Hitzfeld: these are the three German coaches who have reached the semi-finals of the UCL most times.
If you count European competitions, Klopp has already qualified for the semifinals 5 times, 4 of them when he was with Liverpool:
2013
2016
2018
2019
2022
Roberto Firmino scored 7 goals in 7 appearances against the Portuguese club in the Champions League.
Roberto Firmino has scored 11 goals in all competitions this season, surpassing his tally for the whole of last season (9); this is the first time he has scored at Anfield in a Champions League match since March 2020 (v Atlético Madrid).
Roberto Firmino (20 goals) is the 4th player in Liverpool history to score at least 20 goals for the club in the Champions League, after Mohamed Salah (33), Sadio Mané (22) & Steven Gerrard (21).
Roberto Firmino is the 4th Liverpool player to score 10+ goals in all club level events this season:
Mohamed Salah (28)
Diogo Jota (21)
Sadio Mané (16)
Roberto Firmino (11)
Roberto Firmino's stats ranking among other Liverpool players in this season's Champions League:
1° - minutes per goal contribution (57')
2° - goals (5)
2° - goal contribution (5)
Roberto Firmino vs Benfica:
81% pass accuracy
70 touches
39/48 accurate passes
5 shots (3 on target)
3 ground duels won
2 dribbles
2 tackles
2 goals
1 dribble success
Roberto Firmino throughout his Champions League career with Liverpool:
️48 matches (33 starters)
️20 goals
️11 assists
99 minutes/ goal contribution
56 x created chances
75 shots (40 on target)
Ibrahima Konate is the 4th Liverpool player to score in both legs of the Champions League quarter-finals, after Peter Crouch (06-07 v PSV), Mohamed Salah (17-18 v Man City) & Roberto Firmino (18-19 v Porto ).
Ibrahima Konate is the fifth French player to score in both legs of the Champions League quarter-finals since the restructuring of the competition:
1995-96: Ouedec
1997-98: Karembeu
2016-17: Mbappé
2021-22: Benzema and KONATÉ
All of Ibrahima Konaté's goals throughout his career for Liverpool, he has scored 100% against Benfica.
️ vs Benfica (A)
️ vs Benfica (H)
Liverpool full-backs have scored a total of 7 assists in the Champions League this season:
️🅰️🅰️ Andy Robertson
️🅰️ Trent Alexander-Arnold
️🅰️ Kostas Tsimikas
Kostas Tsimikas vs Benfica:
100% tackles won (2/2)
103 touches
15 crosses
11 ball recoveries
9/12 ground duels won
4 chances created
2 dribbles success
2 tackles
2 assists
0 dribbled past
MOTM
James Milner (36yrs, 99days) is the oldest English player to start a Champions League game since David Beckham for PSG (v Barcelona) in April 2013 (37yrs, 335days).
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Darwin Núñez scores 6 goals in the 2021/22 Champions League - he is the Benfica player with the most goals scored in a UCL season, breaking Nuno Gomes' record in 1998/99 (5 goals)
Darwin Nunez's 6 goals in the UCL this season:
️⚽️ vs. Barcelona
️⚽️ vs. Liverpool
️ vs. Bayern
️ vs. Ajax
=> Used to breaking into big clubs..
Darwin Núñez has now scored 30 goals in the Portuguese League and UCL this season:
26 starters
️ 30 goals
️ 3 assists
Darwin Nuñez (22yrs) in all club level events for the 2021/22 season:
37 games (28 starters)
️ 32 goals (!)
️ 3 assists
69 minutes/ goal contribution (!)
European domestic league top caste club players with the most goals this season:
47 - Robert Lewandowski
38 - Karim Benzema
33 - Sébastien Haller
32 - Darwin Núñez
31 - Kylian Mbappé
Darwin Núñez in two legs of the quarter-finals vs Liverpool:
79 touches
15 duels won
11 touches in the opp. box
9 ball recoveries
6 shots
6 clearances
6 aerial duels won
5 dribbles
3 shots on target
2 chances created
2 fouls won
2 goals
Gonçalo Ramos scored his first career goal in the Champions League.
Gonçalo Ramos (20 yrs, 297 days) is the second youngest Benfica player to score in the Champions League.
Gonçalo Ramos in the Portuguese League and UCL with Benfica this season:
18 starters
️ 8 goals
️ 1 assist
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