RB Salzburg v Liverpool: Champions League – live! – The Guardian, Theguardian.com

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ (min) : Firmino nips a lovely pass through to Salah, who tries to take the ball around the advancing keeper at the edge of the area. His timing is perfect, as he beats the keeper to the ball, but he only nudges it a little to the side, allowing the keeper to stretch out to poke it away! If Salah had put just a little more on that, he would have had a free shot into an empty goal from 22 yards!

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****************************************************(************************************(************************************************************(**************************************************************************** (**************************************************************************************************************** (********************************************Cican Stankovic pokes the ball away from Mohamed Salah. Photograph: Michael Regan / Getty Images

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (min) : Gorgeous pass by Mané right into the path of the on-rushing Salah … who lifts it over the keeper and the bar from 12 yards! That wasn’t as bad as his earlier miss – because he had little time – but it was far from good.

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****************************************************(************************************(************************************************************ (**************************************** (******************************** (********************************************** (******************************************** (*********************************************Mohamed Salah lifts the ball over Cican Stankovic and also the bar. Photograph: John Sibley / Action Images / Reuters

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**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (min) : 19 seconds into the second period, Alisson has to lope out of his box to kick into touch before Hwang can collect a pass into the right-hand channel.

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**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (min) : Here come the teams. Incidentally, according to BT, this is the most shots there have been without a goal in a half in the (Champions League) ************ for 18 years. “When does this officially become a Salah slump?” Parps Eric Schwab. For my money I would prefer to see Origi or AOC (!) In the game. ”I see what you did there. In fairness, though, Salah has produced some canny touches and passes so far. But his finishing has been awful.

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“Please explain the permutations for scores in the second half,” pleads Ashley Cotter-Cairns. Assuming Napoli go on to win their match – they’re 3-0 up at the moment – then Liverpool will go through with a win or a draw. If they lose, then Salzburg go through instead …. UNLESSLiverpoolscores four goals or more and lose by only a one-goal deficit (so 5-4, 6-5, – 22, etc.).

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Liverpool

have expressed their support for an investigation into those deaths.

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On a more distressing note, consider this:

************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ (pm) EST**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************: ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ Half -time: Salzburg 0-0 Liverpool

Amazingly, there were no goals in that half despite the huge number of chances created by both sides. You can attribute that to good goalkeeping and slightly shoddy finishing. It’s been a marvelously entertaining game, playing at a blistering tempo and with a lot of nimble skills and audacity. Expect all that gain in the second half – and even more drama, with both sides ’fates still very much in the balance.

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (min) : Liverpool) ******** attack. Firmino feeds Salah, who plays a lovely pass through to the overlapping Keita, who tries to flip it past the keeper with the outside of his right foot. But Stankovic spreads himself well to make a vital save.

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (min) ***************: Freekick to Liverpool) ********** yards inside the opposing half. Alexander-Arnold sends a diagonal one towards the far side of the box. Haaland, back defending, wellies it away.

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******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (min) ***************: Mwepu unleashes a fierce, crisp shot from 27 yards. If it had been towards either of the corner, Alisson would have been in trouble. As it was, the keeper just has to stand his ground, keep his eye on the ball and make the save in that unfussy way of his.

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********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (min) ***************: Haaland has been pretty well contained by

so far. Minamino and Hwang, on the other hand, look very sharp and they threaten nearly every time they get the ball. They’re bringing the best out of Van Dijk, in particular.

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