LIVERPOOL 3-2 ATLETICO MADRID: Marcos Llorente scored twice at Anfield to cancel out a blistering start from the Premier League champions only for Virgil van Dijk to net a dramatic late winner
Virgil van Dijk was the Liverpool hero against Atletico Madrid with a last-gasp goal
Virgil van Dijk was the Liverpool hero against Atletico Madrid with a last-gasp goal
Virgil van Dijk stepped up at the death to plunder a dramatic winner for Liverpool against Atletico Madrid just as it seemed as though Marcos Llorente would once again prove to be the scourge of the Reds.
The Reds boasted a record of four wins from four in the Premier League ahead of Wednesday night's big game against the La Liga outfit. The inclusion of Alexander Isak was the major talking point ahead of kick off but Liverpool's new record signing only had a watching brief as his new team got off to a blistering start.
Andy Robertson diverted a low Mohamed Salah free-kick beyond Jan Oblak inside the opening four minutes to break the deadlock. And Salah himself swept home a trademark effort to double Liverpool's lead just two minutes later as the Premier League champions raced out of the blocks at Anfield.
Atletico halved the deficit on the stroke of half-time through as Llorente, who struck twice at Anfield back in 2020, did so again to give Diego Simeone's side a lifeline. And he dispatched a stunning volley late in the day as lightning struck twice on Merseyside. But it was Van Dijk who had the final say, rising highest to settle it at the death.
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Alexander Isak playing for Liverpool
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