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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:32:07 GMT
(The Guardian) 69 min: Militao blocks again, this time from Firmino’s spin and shot from the left-hand corner of the six-yard box. Liverpool have had their chances. Plenty of them. But the old clinical Liverpool is no more.
71 min: Jota has a flash from a tight angle on the left. A deflection leads to a corner, which leads to a pause in the game as Nacho takes a whack upside the head. Real are more than happy to let the clock tick on.
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:32:34 GMT
(The Guardian) 72 min: It’s Real’s turn to make a double change. Odriozola and Rodrygo come on for Kroos and Vinicius Junior.
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:35:23 GMT
(The Guardian) 74 min: Benzema strips Fabinho of the ball in the centre circle and makes for the Liverpool box. The hosts just about hold their defensive shape, but once again, there’s a reminder that Real, already two goals to the good with time on their side, could put this to bed in short order with one rapier thrust.
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:36:29 GMT
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane controls the ball as Federico Valverde (left) and Marco Asensio of Real Madrid keep a beady eye on him. Photograph: Javier García/BPI/Shutterstock
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:38:20 GMT
(The Guardian) 76 min: A corner for Real. They don’t throw too many people up for it, and nothing occurs, but no matter, as the sands of time continue to run down.
78 min: Real are in total control now. Liverpool appear to have burned themselves out. Can the hosts gather themselves for one last push?
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:41:03 GMT
(The Guardian) 79 min: Rodrygo nearly gets the better of Alexander-Arnold down the left, but the much-maligned full back defends the situation brilliantly, sticking to the striker’s shoulder and eventually easing him off the ball. Had he not won that battle, Rodrygo was clean through.
80 min: Liverpool win a corner down the left. It’s swung into the mixer. Phillips wins a header, but it’s weak and wide. Real go up the other end, Ascensio bringing down a high ball with a soft touch and releasing Rodrygo down the left. Rodrygo wins a corner.
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:43:25 GMT
(The Guardian) 81 min: Liverpool half clear the corner. Militao whips a cross in from the right. It beats Phillips and lands on the head of Benzema, six yards out. He must score ... but heads down, the ball bouncing harmlessly over the bar. I suspect the flag would have gone up for offside, but it doesn’t matter now.
82 min: Real replace Asensio with Isco, while Liverpool make their final gambit, replacing Mane and Firmino - both of whom having disappointed - with Oxlade-Chamberlain and Shaqiri.
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:43:36 GMT
...approaching second-half stoppage time....
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:46:07 GMT
(The Guardian) 84 min: Real let Liverpool pass it around, only showing interest in getting involved when the ball nears their final third. At which point: no way through.
86 min: Liverpool continue to huff and puff. Jota shovels a cross in from the left that momentarily confuses Courtois, but there’s nobody in red hassling him, and eventually Mendy clears. Meanwhile here’s pre-match optimist Matt Dony, with an email headed Oh Well: “Ah, in all honesty, I had no expectations for tonight. I can accept Liverpool going out, as long as they play like this for the rest of the season. They may not have taken chances, but they’ve pressed and harried and created chances in a way that’s been conspicuously lacking this year. Take confidence from the performance, if not the (expected) result.”
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:48:52 GMT
(The Guardian) 88 min: More pretty but ineffectual Liverpool probing. They’ve got no presence in the box. Real are sitting back, and look totally comfortable.
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:50:30 GMT
(The Guardian) 90 min: Four extra minutes for a miracle. “This has been an honourable performance by the Reds,” writes Peter Oh. “Plenty of desire and skill on show. It’s hard to break down an experienced and resolutely defensive side like Real Madrid.” To quote the words of Hyman Roth, "This is the business we've chosen..."
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:52:25 GMT
(The Guardian) 90 min +1: Jota crosses from the left, but once again there’s nobody there. On the touchline, Klopp appears incredibly irritated at his team’s inability to mix it up with the final ball.
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:52:55 GMT
(The Guardian) 90 min +2: Liverpool’s last chance to worry Real is denied by Courtois, who smothers Salah’s attempt to chip him from the corner of the six-yard box. Salah had been put through cleverly by Thiago, who otherwise has done very little.
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:54:40 GMT
(The Guardian) 90 min +4: Oxlade-Chamberlain burns the turf down the left with a stunning run, but there’s nobody in the box to convert the cross. He has another go a bit later, but Nacho wins a header and that’ll be that.
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Post by Webster on Apr 14, 2021 20:56:15 GMT
FULL TIME: Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid (agg 1-3) Liverpool were the better team tonight, but Real Madrid defended staunchly ... and were the best team over the two legs. The Spanish giants deservedly progress to the semis, where they’ll face Chelsea.
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