Atlético Madrid eliminated Liverpool, the defending champion of the Champions League, after defeating them 3-2 at Anfield and adding a 4-2 aggregate in favor of Diego Simeone's team to enter the Champions League quarterfinals.
The team of Jürgen Klopp left the locker room hungry for victory, hungry for comeback, the siege on Atlético was from the first minute of the game looking for the goal that would equal the series as soon as possible, however Atlético Madrid endured relatively much, since It was in the 43rd minute when Georginio Wijnaldum perfectly headed a cross from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (for a spectacular match) to beat Jan Oblak and open the scoring.
Liverpool's intensity persisted in the second half, however a giant Oblak prevented Liverpool's second up to four times. Atlético de Simeone did not react and did not leave their area until 92 'when Lodi centered a stopped ball and Saúl scored with a header, he had silenced Anfield but the line referee raised the flag indicating the misplaced and canceling (correctly) the goal to leave for extra time.
Roberto Firmino put the Reds ahead in the 94th minute but three minutes later Joao Félix took advantage of a gift from Adrián, the Liverpool goalkeeper, to filter a pass to Marcos Llorente that he defined in a good way to score 2-1 and already in the last few seconds after the first overtime, again Marcos Llorente finished from outside the area to beat Adrián, put the tie on the scoreboard and practically sentence the local team.
The icing on the cake was placed by Álvaro Morata with his goal in the last minute of the game to give victory to the mattresses and desecrate the sacred temple of Liverpool taking away their undefeated.
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