| Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah smiles after scoring a goal in the 8th minute of the UEFA Champions League Group A group stage match at Anfield, Liverpool, England, on the morning of the 5th (Korean time). AP News |
Liverpool (England) defeated the Rangers (Scotland) and ran for two consecutive victories in the UEFA Champions League.
Liverpool defeated the Rangers 2-0 in the third match of Group A at Anfield, Liverpool, England on the morning of the 5th (Korean time). Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah scored one point each. Liverpool remained in second place in the group with 2 wins and 1 loss (6 points), while Rangers stayed in fourth place with 3 straight losses (0 points).
Alexander Arnold opened the scoring in the 7th minute. He took a free kick taken from the front of the arc with his right foot and put it in the upper left corner of the goal. Salah scored in the eighth minute of the second half leading 1-0. A penalty kick was awarded when Luis Dias tripped over the opponent’s foot inside the box, and Salah, the kicker, shook the center net with a left-footed shot.
Salah scored his 35th goal in the Champions League for Liverpool. According to statistics firm Opta, the only England players to have scored more goals than Salah in the Champions League were Didier Drogba, who scored 36 at Chelsea, and Sergio Aguero, who scored 36 at Manchester City.
Barcelona (Spain) lost 1-0 to Inter Milan (Italy) in the third match of Group C at Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, Italy. Barcelona have lost 2 in a row and are in 3rd place with 1 win and 2 losses (3 points). Inter Milan are in second place with 2 wins and 1 loss (6 points). Bayern Munich (Germany) in the same group beat Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) 5-0. Bayern Munich are in first place in the group with three consecutive wins (9 points), while Plzen finished fourth with three consecutive losses (0 points).
Reporter Heo Jong-ho