Liverpool produced a sublime attacking performance to thrash Galatasaray and reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Trailing 1-0 after defeat in Istanbul in the first leg, Arne Slot’s side were back to their brilliant best in a fluent showing as they powered past their visitors 4-0 at Anfield. The hosts started fast and opened the scoring 25 minutes in via a beautifully-worked corner routine converted by Dominik Szoboszlai, and should have been further ahead before half time only for Mohamed Salah to miss from the penalty spot.
It could have become a nervy night at that stage but Liverpool surged away with three goals in 10 minutes. Hugo Ekitike and Ryan Gravenberch took them ahead in the tie before Salah atoned for his penalty miss with a fine curling finish – his 50th Champions League goal. A rematch with defending champions Paris Saint-Germain, who knocked Liverpool out of last year’s competition, awaits.
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- Liverpool thrash Galatasaray to power in to Champions League quarter-finals
- FT: Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray (4-1 agg.)
- GOAL! LIVERPOOL 4-0 Galatasaray (Mohamed Salah, 62 minutes)
- GOAL! LIVERPOOL 3-0 Galatasaray (Ryan Gravenberch, 54 minutes)
- GOAL! LIVERPOOL 2-0 Galatasaray (Hugo Ekitike, 52 minutes)
- SAVED! Mohamed Salah misses from penalty spot (Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 45 + 4 minutes)
- GOAL! LIVERPOOL 1-0 Galatasaray (Dominik Szoboszlai, 25 minutes)
Hugo Ekitike reacts to LIverpool's win
22:17 , Harry Latham-Coyle"I think we deserve to be here," said Ekitike to TNT Sports. "Really happy. I think we did a great job tonight. We could have won 10-0. We missed a few chances but we still did a good job. We can be proud of us tonight and we can look forward to the quarter-final.
"I think we needed this. We missed a few chances at the end of the first half. I had my chances. I could have scored more tonight to be honest. Everybody did a great job; ran for each other and that's why we won."
On Mohamed Salah: "He's a legend. Sometimes people say that he has had a difficult season, but for players like us, who have been watching him for years, he's important. Tonight, he had many chances but he still had the mindset to give me a great ball to score. I'm really happy for him. He deserves it. We need to do that every game now."
Liverpool set up Paris Saint-Germain clash
22:00 , Richard Jolly at AnfieldEmphatic and entertaining, job done and done well for Liverpool. That was more like it in plenty of ways, even if they were aided by Galatasaray being dismal. Now it is PSG and a rematch after last year.
FULL TIME: Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray (4-1 agg.)
21:57 , Harry Latham-Coyle Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 90 + 4 minutes
21:56 , Harry Latham-CoyleFederico Chiesa goes hunting for a late goal, but can’t force his shot between the tangled limbs of a couple of Galatasaray defenders.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 90 + 2 minutes
21:54 , Harry Latham-CoyleWe shouldn’t underestimate just how good Liverpool have been tonight. After a tricky week, this has been just the tonic, never allowing the visitors to settle or build any sort of attacking fluency. They’ve had 26 shots to Galatasaray’s two, which rather tells the story.
RULED OUT! Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 90 minutes
21:51 , Harry Latham-CoyleLiverpool have a fifth...or not! Alexis Mac Allister prods home but the referee whistles for an apparent foul on the goalkeeper from Virgil van Dijk. Hmm...I’m not sure there was too much in that, but Van Dijk did make contact as he contested for the ball. The VAR has a quick look and sticks with the on-field call.
Six minutes more to be played.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 89 minutes
21:50 , Harry Latham-CoyleA triple Liverpool change. Off go Florian Wirtz, Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike; on come Rio Ngumoha, Trey Nyoni and Federico Chiesa.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 87 minutes
21:48 , Harry Latham-CoyleLiverpool are almost toying with their visitors. Hugo Ekitike slices a half-volley wide after an intricate build-up.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 85 minutes
21:47 , Harry Latham-CoyleWe’re into the final five minutes at Anfield - in theory, at least. There’ll be plenty of stoppage time after that Noa Lang injury.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 81 minutes
21:43 , Richard Jolly at AnfieldIt was a bit odd that, with Galatasaray requiring goals, Mauro Icardi had not come on earlier. Even when he did, it was only because Noa Lang was stretchered off. It has been a bad night in every respect for the Turkish champions.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 80 minutes
21:41 , Harry Latham-CoyleNoa Lang is being replaced; the vastly experienced Mauro Icardi is on up front.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 77 minutes
21:39 , Harry Latham-CoyleIt looks like something has cut Lang, which is a real concern. There are a number of medics down there helping him.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 76 minutes
21:37 , Harry Latham-CoyleOw! We’re having a strange night of injuries at Anfield - Noa Lang, on earlier after Victor Osimhen hurt his wrist, appears to have done something similar collliding with an advertising hoarding beyond the Liverpool goal.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 74 minutes
21:35 , Harry Latham-CoyleA standing ovation for Mohamed Salah as he takes leave. Cody Gakpo comes on.
Salah heads down the tunnel for some treatment. You would hope that is just precautionary.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 73 minutes
21:34 , Harry Latham-CoyleA change for Galatasaray now: off goes captain Abdulkerim Bardakci, replaced by Eren Elmali.
Mohamed Salah looks to have an issue for Liverpool.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 71 minutes
21:32 , Harry Latham-CoyleThat’s 25 attempts in all for Liverpool now. This is some showing.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 68 minutes
21:29 , Harry Latham-CoyleAlmost five! This is some second half performance from Liverpool. A simply sublime diagonal switch of play from Ryan Gravenberch frees Hugo Ekitike, who tees up Mohamed Salah to rattle the crossbar.
Liverpool reload and Alexis Mac Allister’s shot is palmed by Ugurcan Cakir on to the head of Ekitike, who can’t keep his header down. On to the roof of the net.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 66 minutes
21:28 , Harry Latham-CoyleCurtis Jones is replacing Jeremie Frimpong. A round of applause for the Dutch full-back as he is replaced.
Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray, 64 minutes
21:24 , Harry Latham-CoyleThe giddy Liverpool fans serenade both Mohamed Salah and Steven Gerrard, unsure quite what to do with themselves. There’ll be no boos tonight.
GOAL! LIVERPOOL 4-0 Galatasaray (Mohamed Salah, 62 minutes)
21:24 , Harry Latham-CoyleThe best of the lot! 50 goals in the Champions League for Mohamed Salah, and the milestone is brought up in some style!
Liverpool can book their tickets to Paris - this is an absolute beaut. Salah produces a swift exchange of flicks with Florian Wirtz as he cuts in on that left peg of his, before curling wonderfully into the far corner with the slightest of touches off the goalkeeper’s fingertips. 4-0 on the night, 4-1 on aggregate, and a meeting with PSG awaits.
Liverpool 3-0 Galatasaray, 60 minutes
21:22 , Harry Latham-CoyleGalatasaray bring on Yunus Akgun for Lucas Torreira in midfield. They’ve got to go for it - but look so, so, so open through midfield, as they have done for much of the night.
Liverpool 3-0 Galatasaray, 59 minutes
21:20 , Harry Latham-CoyleBreathless stuff at Anfield. Liverpool feel like they might score with every attack. 3-1, remember, is their lead on aggregate and another goal would surely kill the tie off for goo.
OFFSIDE! Liverpool 3-0 Galatasaray, 56 minutes
21:18 , Harry Latham-CoyleNearly four! The ball is in the back of the net as Wilfried Singo gets himself all in a muddle trying to turn away a Jeremie Frimpong cross. The Liverpool right-back was offside, though.
Liverpool 3-0 Galatasaray, 55 minutes
21:17 , Richard Jolly at AnfieldA double blast that could send Liverpool to Paris. Redemption for Mo Salah after his penalty miss with a role in two goals. And Galatasaray, who have offered nothing tonight, now need two
GOAL! LIVERPOOL 3-0 Galatasaray (Ryan Gravenberch, 54 minutes)
21:16 , Harry Latham-CoyleCan they ever? That’s three and Liverpool move ever closer to the Champions League quarter-finals!
Galatasaray are being run ragged. A cute ball from Florian Wirtz is lashed goalwards by Mohamed Salah, and though Ugurcan Cakir bats that effort away, he can do nothing about Ryan Gravenberch’s follow-up.
Liverpool 2-0 Galatasaray, 53 minutes
21:14 , Harry Latham-CoyleNow, can Liverpool build from here? They’ve been in complete control tonight.
GOAL! LIVERPOOL 2-0 Galatasaray (Hugo Ekitike, 52 minutes)
21:13 , Harry Latham-CoyleThis time it is in! Liverpool finally have their second - and the lead in the tie!
You cannot say it has been undeserved. It’s a beautiful, flowing move that sweeps between helpless Galatasaray players as if they are training dummies. A brilliant first time ball from Alexis Mac Allister finds Mohamed Salah, who also hits his pass immediately to tee up Hugo Ekitike to apply the finishing touches.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 50 minutes
21:11 , Harry Latham-CoyleCakir again! A lovely slide-rule pass from Hugo Ekitike springs Mohamed Salah, who can’t force the ball between the legs of the onrushing goalkeeper. Liverpool could be home, dry, and eyeing up a quarter-final with Paris Saint-Germain.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 48 minutes
21:09 , Harry Latham-CoyleLiverpool create an early second-half chance - Hugo Ekitike stings the right palm of Ugurcan Cakir, who is having a fine night.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 47 minutes
21:09 , Harry Latham-CoyleAnd there’s an immediate difference to Galatasaray’s attacking threat: Baris Yilmaz, Leroy Sane and Noa Lang are all capable of stretching the Liverpool defence in the way that the injured Victor Osimhen was not. Alisson and Virgil van Dijk combine to snuff out the danger.
Second half...
21:07 , Harry Latham-CoyleChanges at half time for the visitors, as we might have expected. Common sense has prevailed with Victor Osimhen replaced by Noa Lang, while Leroy Sane is on for Sacha Boey. Roland Sallai will slide back on to the right of defence, one would assume.
Back underway.
HT: Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray
20:57 , Richard Jolly at AnfieldA terrific first half for Liverpool in many respects. Except, arguably, the scoreline. They really should have got a second goal, with Salah's penalty the biggest missed opportunity. They are a team who struggle to make it 2-0 - as they showed against Spurs on Sunday.
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The tie remains level heading into half-time
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HALF TIME: Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray
20:52 , Harry Latham-Coyle Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 45 + 6 minutes
20:51 , Harry Latham-CoyleHow are Liverpool not further ahead? Ugurcan Cakir makes a superb double stop to keep the hosts out again.
Wow. Galatasaray hanging in there. That’ll be that for the first half.
SAVED! Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 45 + 4 minutes
20:50 , Harry Latham-CoyleMohamed Salah...SAVED! A poor penalty, by his standards, trying to clip it down the middle but getting neither height nor direction right. It bends into the shin of the goalkeeper as he dives to his left - all square in the tie we remain.
PENALTY! Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 45 + 2 minutes
20:48 , Harry Latham-CoyleUp go Liverpool in appeal and after a long think about it, the referee points to the spot!
Ismail Jakobs was a little late on Dominik Szoboszlai, and there looked to be contact. Penalty given!
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 45 minutes
20:46 , Harry Latham-CoyleDominik Szoboszlai, for once, doesn’t quite catch a shot cleanly. A rarity.
Five additional minutes.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 41 minutes
20:43 , Harry Latham-CoyleOsimhen is going to try and tough it out. On the pressure still comes from Liverpool.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 37 minutes
20:38 , Harry Latham-CoyleIt feels like Galatasaray are in real bother here. Victor Osimhen has a serious issue with his wrist and, while desperate to stay out there, is contributing very, very little. Can they get through to half time and adjust? All of the momentum feels to be with Liverpool at the moment.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 35 minutes
20:36 , Harry Latham-CoyleGalatasaray had been readying Noa Lang to come on for Victor Osimhen, but the striker appears to have waved away his replacement. He’ll carry on...for now.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 33 minutes
20:34 , Harry Latham-CoyleLiverpool are all over Galatasaray. Ugurcan Cakir is forced into a sprawling save after a crisply struck shot from Dominik Szoboszlai with the outside of his boot.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 30 minutes
20:33 , Harry Latham-CoyleOff the crossbar! There was a foul from Alexis Mac Allister on the goalkeeper, so it wouldn’t have counted - and the little Argentina midfielder might be glad of that after a pretty poor miss. He’d been left, seemingly, all alone in the six-yard box after another well-worked corner routine from Liverpool to the far stick. Alas, he had blocked the goalkeeper, and headed against the bar somehow anyway.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 30 minutes
20:31 , Harry Latham-CoyleThis is a really vibrant Liverpool performance. Arne Slot is incensed when Hugo Ekitike goes down in the box, squeezed out by Wilfried Singo with no foul deemed to have been made.
Florian Wirtz is then denied by a deflection as Galatasaray cling on.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 29 minutes
20:30 , Harry Latham-CoyleIt could, should, have been two - Mohamed Salah passes up a great chance, unable to beat Ugurcan Cakir in the Galatasaray goal.
The story of Liverpool's season
20:29 , Richard Jolly at AnfieldThe (good) story of Liverpool's season. Yet again, it is Dominik Szoboszlai. He has now been directly involved in nine Champions League goals this season - scoring five, assisting four - despite spending some of the campaign at right-back.
Liverpool 1-0 Galatasaray, 27 minutes
20:28 , Harry Latham-CoyleAll square, then, at 1-1 in this round of 16 clash. That really was delightful.
GOAL! LIVERPOOL 1-0 Galatasaray (Dominik Szoboszlai, 25 minutes)
20:27 , Harry Latham-CoyleAnd that is a delicious set-piece routine to level the tie!
Gorgeous, gorgeous stuff from Liverpool, straight from the training ground. Galatasaray appeal for a foul but there is nothing given on the field - it looked like Ibrahima Konate played a blocking role in a choreographed corner. Alexis Mac Allister drills it back towards the penalty spot with Dominik Szboszlai arriving late to meet it oh-so-sweetly on his left foot, guiding it into the corner.
The VAR is happy - goal stands!
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 24 minutes
20:25 , Harry Latham-CoyleAnfield lifts the volume as a lovely passing move ends with both Alexis Mac Allister and Milos Kerkez having shots blocked, the second of them behind for a corner.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 23 minutes
20:23 , Harry Latham-CoyleVictor Osimhen is still soldiering on, though we’ll see what appetite he has for contact as the night continues. The striker is very good at finding space in the box, of course - and one chance might be enough for him.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 20 minutes
20:21 , Harry Latham-CoyleEvery Galatasaray player going to ground is making very, very sure that the referee is aware of a possible foul. Lucas Torreira is trodden upon, entirely accidentally, by Alexis Mac Allister as the pair challenge for a loose ball, and rolls about like an armadillo even as play continues. It looks like it might be a sore enough one, but surely there is no need for that? It’s not a foul, either.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 18 minutes
20:19 , Harry Latham-CoyleThere’s a better chance! Hugo Ekitike again can’t quite get his first touch right to a difficult bouncing ball after strong work down the right from Florian Wirtz.
At the other end, Victor Osimhen is still struggling a little - is it his wrist? Maybe his knee? Perhaps a combination. Thinking to do, maybe, for visiting manager Okan Buruk.
A rare fast start for Liverpool
20:18 , Richard Jolly at AnfieldLiverpool have made too many slow starts this season. At least they have begun today at a high pace and with plenty of energy, even if it is yet to yield clear-cut chances.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 16 minutes
20:17 , Harry Latham-CoyleSmart defending from Sacha Boey. The right-sided Galatasaray defender loses track of the flight of the ball as a diagonal is splayed over his head, but reacts well, heading the ball away from Hugo Ekitike bravely after the Liverpool forward’s first touch.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 15 minutes
20:16 , Harry Latham-CoyleStill no really clear sighting of goal for Liverpool despite this fast start.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 14 minutes
20:15 , Harry Latham-CoyleThere are a few Galatasaray players in the wars. Mario Lemina lands with a thud after he and Jeremie Frimpong collide in mid-air.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 12 minutes
20:13 , Harry Latham-CoyleThis is the sort of start Arne Slot would have wanted. Liverpool are showing plenty of bite, and a bit of attacking invention - Hugo Ekitike’s shot does not have the requisite power to truly test Ugurcan Cakir, though.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 11 minutes
20:12 , Harry Latham-CoyleGalatasaray captain Abdulkerim Bardakci goes over and has a word with Osimhen, who eventually calms down. That clearly hurt him, but his reaction seemed a little over the top, without knowing the specific action that he was responding to. He should be back on shortly
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 9 minutes
20:10 , Harry Latham-CoyleVictor Osimhen cops a sore one, awkwardly catching his wrist on a knee of a Liverpool player. The Nigerian striker is down in some discomfort - the magic spray will sort it, it seems.
Or maybe not - Osimhen is still writing about. Or is he? He’s back on his feet and furious about something that the Liverpool players have done. Quite the carry-on, this.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 7 minutes
20:08 , Harry Latham-CoyleA gorgeous touch from Gabriel Sara brings the ball down from a cloud, almost setting up a shooting opportunity for an arriving teammate. Liverpool squeeze them out.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 6 minutes
20:07 , Harry Latham-CoyleJeremie Frimpong is perplexed when he is whistled for a foul by referee Pawel Raczkowski. The Pole had been due to been the fourth official but Szymon Marciniak suffered a back injury while warming up, so is now operating near the technical areas.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 4 minutes
20:05 , Harry Latham-CoyleA good start from Liverpool, pressing high early and threatening a couple of times. Mohamed Salah loses his balance on entry into the box, before Dominik Szoboszlai swings in a free kick from deep on the left that is much too shallow.
Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray, 2 minutes
20:03 , Harry Latham-CoyleRoland Sallai has begun up on the right for Galatasaray - he’s up against Hungary teammate Dominik Szoboszlai tonight.
Richard Jolly is our man at Anfield, and writes: “The Galatasaray players have just gone over to applaud fans in the Kenny Dalglish Stand. Officially, there are no Galatasaray fans here. Unofficially, there do seem to be some - along with some white shirts and scarves - there.”
KICK OFF!
20:00 , Harry Latham-CoyleRight, here we go - Galatasaray have beaten Liverpool twice this season but never here, and they’ll have to do without any travelling support.
The action is underway.
Liverpool vs Galatasaray
19:55 , Harry Latham-CoyleA typically stirring rendition of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” is delivered by the Anfield attendees.
Can Liverpool keep going?
19:50 , Harry Latham-CoyleSo Newcastle have joined Chelsea and Manchester City in exiting the Champions League, with Tottenham likely to follow. Can Liverpool join Arsenal in the last eight?
Arne Slot urges Liverpool to embrace pressure of second leg
19:45 , Harry Latham-CoyleArne Slot has admitted he is feeling the pressure but urged his side to embrace it against Galatasaray.
“Of course I feel pressure, we all feel pressure, because we are in an industry where every single day you’re in this industry there’s pressure,” the Liverpool manager said. “We’re working at a beautiful club with a great, great history and we feel this. We can achieve the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so, yeah, that comes with pressure.
“But it’s also nice to have that pressure because we could have also been out or playing at a lower level or not even be in. So we embrace this pressure and we’re looking forward to playing Galatasaray tomorrow.”
PSG next up
19:35 , Harry Latham-CoyleIt would be defending champions Paris Saint-Germain next up, incidentally, for the winner of tonight’s tie. They were in uber impressive form against Chelsea last night.
Liam Rosenior is under pressure after Champions League debacle turns toxic
The Premier League has been exposed in Europe and its elite have themselves to blame
19:25 , Harry Latham-CoyleFrom last week, here’s Miguel Delaney assessing why the Premier League’s best clubs have been on the back foot in the round of 16 so far, despite their strong league phase performances:
The Premier League has been exposed in Europe and its elite have themselves to blame
Is the Premier League at risk of losing fifth Champions League place after damaging last-16 results?
19:15 , Harry Latham-CoyleLast night saw both Manchester City and Chelsea suffer heavy Champions League aggregate defeats to Real Madrid and PSG. Does that put the Premier League at risk of a slimmed-down representation in next year’s competition? Not necessarily - Will Castle has your guide to Uefa coefficients:
Is the Premier League at risk of losing fifth Champions League place after exits?
Arne Slot accepts blame for Anfield boos as Liverpool boss aims to win back fans
19:05 , Harry Latham-CoyleLiverpool head coach Arne Slot has conceded he "must have done a lot of things wrong" to provoke the ire of Anfield supporters, as he seeks to mend relations with frustrated fans.
The Dutchman faced a public backlash for the first time since his arrival in summer 2024, with the team booed off the pitch after conceding a 90th-minute equaliser to Tottenham on Sunday.
While discontent has simmered on social media throughout the season, last weekend marked the first occasion home fans expressed their disapproval so overtly.
Arne Slot accepts blame for Anfield boos as Liverpool boss aims to win back fans
Liverpool as expected - and with an advantage
18:58 , Richard Jolly at AnfieldArne Slot makes the changes he was probably expected to - four in total, bringing back Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitike, Ibrahima Konate and Milos Kerkez for Rio Ngumoha, Cody Gakpo, Joe Gomez and Andy Robertson. Liverpool have lost twice to Galatasaray this season, failing to score in either game. The Turkish champions are out for a hat-trick but, due to past behaviour by their crowd in other games, have no travelling supporters at Anfield tonight.
Team news - Galatasaray
18:50 , Harry Latham-CoyleRoland Sallai and Sacha Boey come in to the starting Galatasaray side.
Galatasaray XI: Cakir; Boey, Singo, Bardakci, Jakobs; Torreira, Lemina; Sallai, Sara, Yilmaz; Osimhen.
Team news - Liverpool
18:46 , Harry Latham-CoyleJeremie Frimpong starts at right-back for Liverpool with all of Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike and Mohamed Salah in the side.
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Ekitike, Wirtz.
The Reds to take on Galatasaray 👊🔴 #UCL
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Dominik Szoboszlai hits back at Anfield boos by urging Liverpool fans to support in tough times
18:35 , Harry Latham-CoyleThe atmosphere will be fascinating tonight after Liverpool were booed at the end of the Tottenham game. Galatasaray will surely feel if they can get a goal early, Anfield may start to turn on the home team - but Dominik Szoboszlai has issued a rallying cry. Richard Jolly reports:
Szoboszlai hits back at Anfield boos by urging fans to support in tough times
Jamie Carragher questions Arne Slot’s future after Liverpool held by Spurs in ‘awful performance’
18:25 , Alan SmithJamie Carragher has questioned whether Arne Slot remains the right man to lead Liverpool following their “awful performance” in Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield.
The reigning champions squandered an opportunity to move up to fourth in the Premier League table after Dominik Szobsoszlai’s first-half free-kick was cancelled out by Richarlison’s late equaliser.
It was the third late equaliser Liverpool have allowed this season, in addition to five injury-time winners conceded, as relegation-threatened Spurs avoided defeat for the first time in six matches. Home supporters booed at full-time, a reaction that the head coach said was “completely normal.”
Jamie Carragher questions Arne Slot’s future after Liverpool held by Spurs
Arne Slot is lost for solutions and Liverpool’s problem is clearer than ever
18:15 , Harry Latham-CoyleThe scrutiny seems to be heightening all the time on Arne Slot, a manager who, lest we forget, won the Premier League a matter of months ago in his first season at Liverpool. Richard Jolly argues, though, that the Dutchman isn’t necessarily dealing particularly well with his side’s issues:
Slot is lost for solutions and Liverpool’s problem is clearer than ever
Virgil van Dijk urges Liverpool to show ‘fight’ after Champions League setback
18:05 , Harry Latham-CoyleVirgil van Dijk remains confident that Liverpool can overcome their Champions League deficit against Galatasaray, despite a disappointing first-leg defeat in Istanbul.
The Reds succumbed to a 1-0 loss in a raucous atmosphere, mirroring a previous league phase encounter at Rams Park.
Mario Lemina’s early header, stemming from a poorly defended corner, secured the advantage for the Turkish champions on a chaotic evening.
Virgil van Dijk urges Liverpool to show ‘fight’ after Champions League setback
Liverpool had a choice last summer – and Victor Osimhen can now expose their mistake
17:55 , Harry Latham-CoyleVictor Osimhen has been a thorn in Liverpool’s side this season, which will particularly gall the Anfield club – as Richard Jolly explains:
Liverpool had a choice last summer – and Victor Osimhen can now expose their mistake
Tonight's team news
17:45 , Jamie BraidwoodThe line-ups should be confirmed in about an hour, but here’s an early look at the team news tonight:
Ibrahima Konate is fit to feature for Liverpool but Joe Gomez is a doubt, leaving a question over right back. Hugo Ekitike and Mohamed Salah should return after dropping to the bench at the weekend.
Davinson Sanchez is suspended for the visitors, who defeated Istanbul Basaksehir 3-0 at the weekend, so a change will be needed in defence. Star striker Viktor Osimhen was on the scoresheet and will lead the line.
Ponderous Liverpool face uphill battle after Galatasaray defeat in Champions League last-16 first leg
17:35 , Harry Latham-CoyleHere’s a reminder of what happened in last week’s first leg, with Liverpool sluggish and sloppy on their way to defeat.
Ponderous Liverpool face uphill battle after Galatasaray defeat in Champions League
Liverpool vs Galatasaray
15:47 , Harry Latham-CoyleAfter a tricky week for Liverpool, Arne Slot and his side are in need of a positive performance and an overturning of a 1-0 deficit as they welcome Galatasaray to Anfield. Defeat in Istanbul in the first leg has left Slot under increasing pressure, particularly after a flat showing against Tottenham in the Premier League, but a victory here could be the catalyst to kick start a flagging campaign.
Kick off is at 8pm GMT.
