Liverpool 5-2 Roma: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 24 April 2018
Result
Liverpool 5-2 Roma
Champions League · Tuesday 24 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Liverpool 5-2 Roma: match report
Liverpool won against Roma 5-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 24 April 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Mohamed Salah (35'), Mohamed Salah (45'), Sadio Mané (56'), Roberto Firmino (61') and Roberto Firmino (68'). Roma scored through Edin Dzeko (81') and Diego Perotti (85', penalty).
Discipline: Liverpool received 3 yellow cards; Roma received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 28 points from 12 and Roma 10th on 17 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Roma in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (10.0), level with Roberto Firmino (10.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 1 for Roma.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Juan Jesus
- 35'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 39'Yellow card · Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 45'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 56'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 61'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 68'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 74'Yellow card · Dejan Lovren
- 81'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 85'Yellow card · James Milner
- 85'Penalty goal · Diego Perotti
- 88'Yellow card · Federico Fazio
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Loris Karius, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané
Roma line-up (3-4-2-1)
Alisson, Federico Fazio, Konstantinos Manolas, Juan Jesus, Alessandro Florenzi, Daniele De Rossi, Kevin Strootman, Aleksandar Kolarov, Cengiz Ünder, Radja Nainggolan, Edin Džeko