Roma 4-2 Liverpool: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 2 May 2018

Result

Roma 4-2 Liverpool

Champions League · Wednesday 2 May 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Roma 4-2 Liverpool: match report

Roma won against Liverpool 4-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 2 May 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Roma's goals came from an own goal by James Milner (15'), Edin Dzeko (52'), Radja Nainggolan (86') and Radja Nainggolan (90+4', penalty). Liverpool scored through Sadio Mané (9') and Georginio Wijnaldum (25').

Discipline: Roma received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Roma were 10th on 17 points from 11 and Liverpool 1st on 31 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Roma lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Radja Nainggolan of Roma (8.3), level with Edin Džeko (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Roma win, 1 draw and 3 for Liverpool.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 0-1
  • 15'Own goal · James MilnerRoma · 1-1
  • 25'Goal · Georginio WijnaldumLiverpool · 1-2
  • 44'Yellow card · Dejan LovrenLiverpool
  • 52'Goal · Edin DzekoRoma · 2-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Alessandro FlorenziRoma
  • 84'Yellow card · K. ManolasRoma
  • 84'Yellow card · Andrew RobertsonLiverpool
  • 86'Goal · Radja NainggolanRoma · 3-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Dominic SolankeLiverpool
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Radja NainggolanRoma · 4-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Roma 1, draws 1, Liverpool 3.

Team news

Roma line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Alessandro Florenzi, Konstantinos Manolas, Federico Fazio, Aleksandar Kolarov, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Daniele De Rossi, Radja Nainggolan, Patrik Schick, Edin Džeko, Stephan El Shaarawy

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané