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2021/22 UEFA Champions League
Quarter-Final - Second-Leg
Liverpool FC v SL Benfica
Anfield
Liverpool, England
Wednesday, 13 April 2022
Kick-Off 21h00
Liverpool FC will square off with SL Benfica in a
UEFA Champions League quarter-final second-leg game on April 13.
The former English champions thrashed Benfica 3-1 away in the first-leg clash at the Estadio da Luz in Portugal on April 5.
Therefore, Liverpool returned to winning ways in this competition after Italy's Inter Milan had ended their eight-match unbeaten run before they faced Benfica.
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The defeat to Inter also ended the Reds' six-match unbeaten run at home in the Champions League having registered one draw and five victories.
"I think only from the outside of the pitch, because the beginning was hard work for us," Alisson becker, the Liverpool goalkeeper, said after their win over Benfica.
"We went 2-0 up before half-time and we knew that in the second half they would fight for everything. They worked really well defensively and we made some mistakes and they scored a goal.
"They had their supporters then to help them because it was a great atmosphere here in the second half, but with the quality that we have, we could score the third goal that will help us for the next match."
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Meanwhile, Benfica will be seeking revenge and they will overturn the deficit if they win the second-leg clash by three clear goals in England.
The former Portuguese champions saw their four-match unbeaten run in his competition come to an end when they lost to Liverpool.
However, Benfica are undefeated in their last two matches on the road in the Champions League having recorded one draw and one win as the visitors.
The last time Liverpool hosted Benfica in the Champions League match was on 8 March 2006.
Benfica claimed a 2-0 win over Liverpool in the Round of 16 second-leg match which was played at the iconic, Anfield.
Head-to-Head stats (UEFA Champions League)
Matches - 9
Liverpool - 6
Benfica - 3
Draws - 0
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