Liverpool fought hard to beat Atletico Madrid with a score of 3-2 in the 2021/22 Champions League Group B matchday 3 duel, Wanda Metropolitano, Wednesday (20/10/2021).
The match between the two top teams was fierce. Liverpool took the lead through Mohamed Salah (8') and Naby Keita (13'), Atletico equalized through Antoine Griezmann (20', 34').
The score 2-2 showed that the match was very tight, until finally M.Salah scored his second goal and decided the victory in the 78th minute to wrap up Liverpool's victory over Atletico Madrid.
This result confirmed Liverpool's position at the top of the standings. Atlético sits in second place in the standings.
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LIN-UP
LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; James Milner (63' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain), Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita (46' Fabinho); Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane (63' Diogo Jota).
ATLETICO MADRID (3-1-4-2): Jan Oblak; Felipe, Geoffrey Kondogbia (46' Jose Gimenez), Mario Hermoso (80' Marcos Llorente); Koke; Kieran Trippier, Thomas Lemar (80' Luis Suarez), Rodrigo De Paul (80' Renan Lodi), Yannick Carrasco; Joao Felix (80' Angel Correa), Antoine Griezmann.
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