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Liverpool got their Champions League campaign off to a winning start, with Steven Gerrard‘s late, late penalty earning the Reds all three points. Dani Abalo’s last-gasp strike had seemingly earned Ludogorets a draw, in what was an incredible end to proceedings.
Liverpool 2-1 Ludogorets
Champions League / Anfield / Tuesday, 16th September 2014
Goals: Balotelli (82), Gerrard (90); Abalo (90)
Champions League football returned to Anfield for the first time in five years, and a typically atmospheric home crowd made it an occasion to remember. The Reds were officially back where they belong, as their search for a sixth European Cup triumph got underway.
Brendan Rodgers made just one change from the side that lost disappointingly to Aston Villa on Saturday, with Raheem Sterling coming in for Lazar Markovic. The 20-year-old Serbian star was suspended, having picked up a red card in last season’s Europa League semi-final for Benfica against Juventus.
The game got off to a frenetic start, with Ludogorets showing that they were perfectly capable of springing a surprise. Chances were few and far between in the opening exchanges, however, with the Reds’ passing perhaps a little lacking in tempo and a few early nerves clearly having an effect on some.
After 21 minutes Liverpool almost opened the scoring. Mario Balotelli’s shot was blocked, following a terrific turn, and Adam Lallana’s deflected effort was kept out by Milan Borjan.
Dejan Lovren was slightly fortunate not to concede a penalty at the other end, as the hosts continued to show they were not remotely overawed by the occasion. Balotelli tested Borjan with a tame effort, while the lively Alberto Moreno fired over.
Shortly before the break Lallana was twice denied by Ludogorets defenders, after good work from Jordan Henderson, and from the resulting corner Lovren header over.
The two sides went into the break deadlocked, in what was a tense, intriguing battle.
There were no changes from either team at the interval, as a potentially pivotal second-half commenced. Coutinho and Henderson both had early long-range efforts on goal, but neither troubled Borjan.
Javier Manquillo then wasted a wonderful opportunity to make it 1-0, but he volleyed into the Kop having been found expertly by Henderson.
The Reds took control of the game, with Sterling growing more and more prominent by the minute. There was a definite lack of sharpness about Lallana and Balotelli though; perhaps understandable given their lack of football since the World Cup.
It was still 0-0 at the hour mark, and Anfield was growing increasingly restless. Ludogorets looked a threat on the break, and had a couple of decent strikes off target.
Midway through the half Lucas and Fabio Borini came on for Coutinho and Lallana, respectively, with Liverpool changing their shape to a 4-4-2 diamond. The latter almost opened the scoring immediately, but his header was tipped over by Borjan.
Roman Bezjak then had a wonderful chance to stun the hosts, but his side-footed effort came back off the post. The match was on a knife-edge with 15 minutes remaining.
With eight minutes remaining, that elusive goal finally came. Balotelli, who had struggled throughout, finished sublimely from close-range to give his side a vital lead and truly announce himself as a Liverpool player.
An unbelievable finale to the game saw Dani Abalo make it 1-1 in stoppage time, rounding Simon Mignolet and tapping into an empty net, before Manquillo won a penalty even later in time added on. Steven Gerrard nervelessly dispatched the spot-kick to earn Liverpool a massive win.
It was a truly breathless end to a nervy evening.
Man of the Match: Jordan Henderson
Tactical Overview
Despite rumours of Rodgers opting for his favoured 4-4-2 diamond formation, he went with a 4-3-3 slightly different to the one that failed to ignite against Villa at the weekend.
Coutinho dropped deeper alongside Gerrard and Henderson, with Lallana and Sterling occupying the wide roles in support of Balotelli. The switch to the diamond in the second-half improved the Reds’ performance, and should be their first-choice system in general.
Liverpool:Mignolet, Manquillo, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno, Gerrard, Henderson, Coutinho (Lucas 67), Sterling, Lallana (Borini 67), Balotelli.
Subs not used: Jones, Enrique, Toure, Suso, Lambert
Ludogorets starting XI:Borjan, Caicara, Moti, Alexandrov, Minev, Dyakov, Anicet, M.Alexandrov, Marcelinho, Misidjan, Bezjak
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Liverpool got their Champions League campaign off to a winning start, with Steven Gerrard‘s late, late penalty earning the Reds all three points. Dani Abalo’s last-gasp strike had seemingly earned Ludogorets a draw, in what was an incredible end to proceedings.
Liverpool 2-1 Ludogorets
Champions League / Anfield / Tuesday, 16th September 2014
Goals: Balotelli (82), Gerrard (90); Abalo (90)
Champions League football returned to Anfield for the first time in five years, and a typically atmospheric home crowd made it an occasion to remember. The Reds were officially back where they belong, as their search for a sixth European Cup triumph got underway.
Brendan Rodgers made just one change from the side that lost disappointingly to Aston Villa on Saturday, with Raheem Sterling coming in for Lazar Markovic. The 20-year-old Serbian star was suspended, having picked up a red card in last season’s Europa League semi-final for Benfica against Juventus.
The game got off to a frenetic start, with Ludogorets showing that they were perfectly capable of springing a surprise. Chances were few and far between in the opening exchanges, however, with the Reds’ passing perhaps a little lacking in tempo and a few early nerves clearly having an effect on some.
After 21 minutes Liverpool almost opened the scoring. Mario Balotelli’s shot was blocked, following a terrific turn, and Adam Lallana’s deflected effort was kept out by Milan Borjan.
Dejan Lovren was slightly fortunate not to concede a penalty at the other end, as the hosts continued to show they were not remotely overawed by the occasion. Balotelli tested Borjan with a tame effort, while the lively Alberto Moreno fired over.
Shortly before the break Lallana was twice denied by Ludogorets defenders, after good work from Jordan Henderson, and from the resulting corner Lovren header over.
The two sides went into the break deadlocked, in what was a tense, intriguing battle.
There were no changes from either team at the interval, as a potentially pivotal second-half commenced. Coutinho and Henderson both had early long-range efforts on goal, but neither troubled Borjan.
Javier Manquillo then wasted a wonderful opportunity to make it 1-0, but he volleyed into the Kop having been found expertly by Henderson.
The Reds took control of the game, with Sterling growing more and more prominent by the minute. There was a definite lack of sharpness about Lallana and Balotelli though; perhaps understandable given their lack of football since the World Cup.
It was still 0-0 at the hour mark, and Anfield was growing increasingly restless. Ludogorets looked a threat on the break, and had a couple of decent strikes off target.
Midway through the half Lucas and Fabio Borini came on for Coutinho and Lallana, respectively, with Liverpool changing their shape to a 4-4-2 diamond. The latter almost opened the scoring immediately, but his header was tipped over by Borjan.
Roman Bezjak then had a wonderful chance to stun the hosts, but his side-footed effort came back off the post. The match was on a knife-edge with 15 minutes remaining.
With eight minutes remaining, that elusive goal finally came. Balotelli, who had struggled throughout, finished sublimely from close-range to give his side a vital lead and truly announce himself as a Liverpool player.
An unbelievable finale to the game saw Dani Abalo make it 1-1 in stoppage time, rounding Simon Mignolet and tapping into an empty net, before Manquillo won a penalty even later in time added on. Steven Gerrard nervelessly dispatched the spot-kick to earn Liverpool a massive win.
It was a truly breathless end to a nervy evening.
Man of the Match: Jordan Henderson
Tactical Overview
Despite rumours of Rodgers opting for his favoured 4-4-2 diamond formation, he went with a 4-3-3 slightly different to the one that failed to ignite against Villa at the weekend.
Coutinho dropped deeper alongside Gerrard and Henderson, with Lallana and Sterling occupying the wide roles in support of Balotelli. The switch to the diamond in the second-half improved the Reds’ performance, and should be their first-choice system in general.
Liverpool:Mignolet, Manquillo, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno, Gerrard, Henderson, Coutinho (Lucas 67), Sterling, Lallana (Borini 67), Balotelli.
Subs not used: Jones, Enrique, Toure, Suso, Lambert
Ludogorets starting XI:Borjan, Caicara, Moti, Alexandrov, Minev, Dyakov, Anicet, M.Alexandrov, Marcelinho, Misidjan, Bezjak
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Steven Gerrard's last-gasp penalty earned Liverpool a fortunate 2-1 win over brave Ludogorets as they marked their return to the UEFA Champions League with a victory.
Ludogorets looked set to spoil Liverpool's return to Europe's premier competition when substitute Dani Abalo scored in the final minute to cancel out Mario Balotelli's 82nd minute opener.
However, there was still time left for Liverpool to win a penalty when Javi Manquillo was brought down in the box by Ludogorets goalkeeper Milan Borjan and Gerrard stepped up to convert the spot-kick and get Liverpool off to a winning start.
Liverpool were expected to make a fast start to the game, but in a low-key opening, despite dominating the ball, the hosts had no cutting edge in the final third.
It took until 20 minutes for Liverpool to create their first opening when Balotelli spun his man on the edge of the box, fired in a shot which was blocked and the ball fell to Adam Lallana who saw his effort pushed out by Ludogorets goalkeeper Borjan.
Liverpool had a lucky escape just before the half hour as Dejan Lovren was fortunate not to concede a penalty when Marcelinho burst into the box and the defender appeared to shove the striker off the ball.
The home side created their best chance of the opening half seven minutes before the break when Henderson burst into the box and picked out Lallana, but the summer signing from Southampton got the ball stuck under his feet allowing the Ludogorets defence to regroup and block his shot.
Liverpool continued to huff and puff early in the second half, but Manquillo wasted a great chance to score on 53 minutes when the ball dropped to him in front of goal, but the defender blazed his shot over the top.
Brendan Rodgers made a double change midway through the second half with Lucas and Fabio Borini coming on for Philippe Coutinho and Lallana, and Borini went close to scoring when he got on the end of Manquillo's inviting cross, but Borjan produced a fine save to tip the Italian's header over the top.
Ludogorets were inches away from breaking the deadlock on 72 minutes when Marcelinho slipped in Roman Bezjak on goal and he was unlucky to see his shot come back off the post with Simon Mignolet beaten.
Liverpool finally made the breakthrough 10 minutes later as Balotelli juggled a cross from Moreno inside the box and smashed home a half-volley into the bottom corner to break his duck for his new club.
However, Ludogorets refused to lie down and drew level in the 90th minute when substitute Hamza found Dani inside the box and he rounded Mignolet to slot the ball into the empty net.
It looked like Liverpool would be forced to settle for a draw, but they were handed a lifeline four minutes into stoppage time when Manquillo was felled in the box by Borjan and Gerrard showed nerves of steel to score from the spot.
Steven Gerrard's last-gasp penalty earned Liverpool a fortunate 2-1 win over brave Ludogorets as they marked their return to the UEFA Champions League with a victory.
Ludogorets looked set to spoil Liverpool's return to Europe's premier competition when substitute Dani Abalo scored in the final minute to cancel out Mario Balotelli's 82nd minute opener.
However, there was still time left for Liverpool to win a penalty when Javi Manquillo was brought down in the box by Ludogorets goalkeeper Milan Borjan and Gerrard stepped up to convert the spot-kick and get Liverpool off to a winning start.
Liverpool were expected to make a fast start to the game, but in a low-key opening, despite dominating the ball, the hosts had no cutting edge in the final third.
It took until 20 minutes for Liverpool to create their first opening when Balotelli spun his man on the edge of the box, fired in a shot which was blocked and the ball fell to Adam Lallana who saw his effort pushed out by Ludogorets goalkeeper Borjan.
Liverpool had a lucky escape just before the half hour as Dejan Lovren was fortunate not to concede a penalty when Marcelinho burst into the box and the defender appeared to shove the striker off the ball.
The home side created their best chance of the opening half seven minutes before the break when Henderson burst into the box and picked out Lallana, but the summer signing from Southampton got the ball stuck under his feet allowing the Ludogorets defence to regroup and block his shot.
Liverpool continued to huff and puff early in the second half, but Manquillo wasted a great chance to score on 53 minutes when the ball dropped to him in front of goal, but the defender blazed his shot over the top.
Brendan Rodgers made a double change midway through the second half with Lucas and Fabio Borini coming on for Philippe Coutinho and Lallana, and Borini went close to scoring when he got on the end of Manquillo's inviting cross, but Borjan produced a fine save to tip the Italian's header over the top.
Ludogorets were inches away from breaking the deadlock on 72 minutes when Marcelinho slipped in Roman Bezjak on goal and he was unlucky to see his shot come back off the post with Simon Mignolet beaten.
Liverpool finally made the breakthrough 10 minutes later as Balotelli juggled a cross from Moreno inside the box and smashed home a half-volley into the bottom corner to break his duck for his new club.
However, Ludogorets refused to lie down and drew level in the 90th minute when substitute Hamza found Dani inside the box and he rounded Mignolet to slot the ball into the empty net.
It looked like Liverpool would be forced to settle for a draw, but they were handed a lifeline four minutes into stoppage time when Manquillo was felled in the box by Borjan and Gerrard showed nerves of steel to score from the spot.