Marcos Llorente double, Alvaro Morata late strike help Atletico stun Anfield 3-2. FMTNews Liverpool AtleticoMadrid UCL
LIVERPOOL: Atletico Madrid ended Liverpool’s defence of the Champions League on Wednesday as Marcos Llorente’s double and Alvaro Morata’s late strike stunned Anfield with a 3-2 win after extra time to progress 4-2 on aggregate.
Defeat ends Jurgen Klopp’s proud record of never losing a two-legged European tie as Liverpool manager. But it was the nearly 3,000 travelling fans in attendance, despite the fact games in Spain will be played behind closed doors for the next two weeks, that celebrated a stoic rearguard display from their side.
Just as the Spaniards thought the job was half done with no damage done, Wijnaldum’s powerful downward header left Oblak with no chance two minutes before the break.The goal did not change Atletico’s approach as they played a risky game and relied on Oblak to keep them in the game. Atletico thought they had stolen the tie with the last touch of the 90 minutes when Saul Niguez headed home a freekick, but the Spanish international was flagged offside to send the tie to an extra 30 minutes.
However, no sooner had Liverpool gone in front for the first time in the tie than Atletico hit back with a sucker-punch.
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