Atletico Madrid 2-3 Liverpool: History-making Salah seals dramatic win after Griezmann red

In-form
forward
Salah
opened
the
scoring
inside
eight
minutes
in
Tuesday’s
breathless
Champions
League
tie
before
Naby
Keita
volleyed
in
a
second
five
minutes
later
as
the
visitors
took
complete
control
at
Wanda
Metropolitano.

That
was
the
earliest
Atletico
had
gone
two
goals
down
in
a
Champions
League
match,
though
they
hit
back
before
half-time
through
Griezmann’s
double.

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Griezmann
was
sent
off
early
in
the
second
half
for
a
high
boot
on
Roberto
Firmino
and
Liverpool
made
the
man
advantage
count
when
Salah
scored
a
second
of
his
own
from
the
penalty
spot.

Liverpool,
who
were
given
a
late
reprieve
when
a
penalty
awarded
for
Diogo
Jota’s
shove
on
Jose
Gimenez
was
overruled
following
a
check
of
the
pitchside
monitor,
now
hold
a
five-point
lead
over
Atletico
and
Porto
at
the
top
of
Group
B.

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At
29
years
and
130
days,
Liverpool
fielded
their
oldest
starting
line-up
in
a
match
since
September
1953
and
their
experience
showed
in
a
fast
start
that
saw
them
open
the
scoring
early
on.

Salah’s
left-footed
shot
from
outside
the
box
took
a
deflection
on
its
way
past
Jan
Oblak
and
was
later
credited
to
the
Egypt
forward
after
some
initial
confusion
over
who
the
final
touch
came
off.

Atleti
continued
to
be
pushed
back
and
they
found
themselves
two
goals
behind
soon
after
when
Felipe’s
poor
defensive
header
fell
nicely
for
Keita
to
thump
home
with
a
dipping
first-time
shot
from
18
yards.

But
the
home
side
soon
settled
and
were
back
in
the
game
thanks
to
a
slight
touch
from
Griezmann
to
help
Koke’s
shot
into
the
bottom-left
corner,
the
goal
allowed
to
stand
after
a
lengthy
VAR
check
for
a
possible
offside
in
the
build-up.

Griezmann
was
then
denied
by
Alisson
when
played
clean
through
on
goal,
but
the
France
international
made
amends
by
taking
Joao
Felix’s
pass
in
his
stride
and
coolly
slotting
past
the
Liverpool
goalkeeper.

Alisson
and
Oblak
continued
to
be
called
into
action
in
a
frantic
end-to-end
match,
but
momentum
shifted
back
in
Liverpool’s
favour
with
52
minutes
played
with
Griezmann’s
straight
red
card.

Jurgen
Klopp’s
side
made
a
spell
of
pressure
count
12
minutes
from
time
as
Mario
Hermoso
barged
into
Jota
inside
the
box
and
Salah,
who
missed
a
penalty
against
Milan
in
Liverpool’s
opening
group
match,
buried
the
spot-kick.

There
was
still
time
for
more
drama
in
the
Spanish
capital,
with
referee
Daniel
Siebert
pointing
to
the
spot
for
Jota’s
challenge
on
Gimenez,
but
the
decision
was
controversially
overturned
before
substitute
Luis
Suarez
could
step
up
and
take
the
penalty.

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