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Liverpool v Lille LIVE: Result and final score as Harvey Elliott strikes lucky in Champions League

Arne Slot’s Liverpool side remain top of the new-look Champions League

Richard Jolly
Anfield
,Lawrence Ostlere
Tuesday 21 January 2025 22:28 GMT
Arne Slot happy to see Liverpool competing with Premier League big spenders

Liverpool have won 2-1 against Lille in their Champions League match at Anfield.

Mohamed Salah scored on the counter-attack in the first half and the hosts were cruising when Lille’s Aissa Mandi was sent off for a second bookable offence.

But Jonathan David’s equaliser stunned the home side, who then enjoyed a slice of luck as Harvey Elliott’s speculative strike took a deflection on its way in.

The result meant Liverpool have won seven out of seven games in the new league phase and have qualified for the last-16.

Re-live all the action from Anfield below:

Liverpool 2-1 Lille

88 min: Chiesa fires a low shot which is well saved, and Nunez pounces to tap home. But he was quite clearly offside, and the flag quickly goes up.

Lawrence Ostlere21 January 2025 21:49

Liverpool 2-1 Lille

85 min: Trent Alexander-Arnold replaces Conor Bradley.

Lawrence Ostlere21 January 2025 21:44

Liverpool 2-1 Lille

84 min: Liverpool deal with the corner but Lille come again, that is until David is ruled offside chasing down a ball over the top.

Lawrence Ostlere21 January 2025 21:44

Liverpool 2-1 Lille

82 min: Lille are starting to look bright once more, despite being a man down, as they probe for an equaliser. They have a corner.

Lawrence Ostlere21 January 2025 21:43

Liverpool 2-1 Lille

78 min: Nunez finds Salah who takes a brilliant first touch to set himself in on goal, at a tight angle, and his low right-footed shot is saved at the near post.

Lawrence Ostlere21 January 2025 21:37

Liverpool 2-1 Lille

75 min: Federico Chiesa replaces Luis Diaz.

21 January 2025 21:36

GOAL! Liverpool 2-1 Lille (Elliott, 68 min)

Liverpool go on the attack and they are quickly back in front! Tsimikas’s corner is headed out and Harvey Elliott is lurking outside the box. He tries a first-time shot, which gets a huge deflection on its way past Chevalier in the Lille goal. A big slice of fortune there, but Liverpool will take it.

Lawrence Ostlere21 January 2025 21:28

GOAL! Liverpool 2-1 Lille (Elliott, 68 min)

Liverpool go on the attack and they are quickly back in front! Tsimikas’s corner is headed out and Harvey Elliott is lurking outside the box. He tries a first-time shot, which gets a huge deflection on its way past Chevalier in the Lille goal. A big slice of fortune there, but Liverpool will take it.

Harvey Elliott fires a shot at goal...
Harvey Elliott fires a shot at goal... (Getty Images)
Elliott celebrates after seeing his shot deflect into the net
Elliott celebrates after seeing his shot deflect into the net (Getty Images)
Lawrence Ostlere21 January 2025 21:27

Liverpool 1-1 Lille

65 min: Endo replaces Szoboszlai.

Lawrence Ostlere21 January 2025 21:24

GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Lille (David, 62 min)

Now then. It was as if Liverpool switched off after the red card, letting Lille have the ball, and they’ve paid the price. Gundmundsson battles down the left and crosses for Haraldsson, and when his shot is blocked, Jonathan David pounces from close range. Wow.

Lawrence Ostlere21 January 2025 21:21

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