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
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 send message as Arne Slot's untouchables sail into Champions League last-16
Richard Jolly’s report from Anfield:
Liverpool send message as Arne Slot's untouchables sail into Champions League last-16
Bologna stun embattled Dortmund 2-1 with two-goal comeback in two minutes
Bologna struck twice in two minutes to bag a 2-1 comeback win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday and earn their first win in the competition while piling pressure on the embattled Germans who suffered a fourth straight loss across all competitions.
Dortmund, who took the lead with a 15th-minute Serhou Guirassy penalty, have now lost all their matches in 2025 after Bologna staged a quickfire comeback with goals from Thijs Dallinga in the 71st and Samuel Iling-Junior a minute later.
With coach Nuri Sahin's future now in the balance, Dortmund, who play Shakhtar Donetsk on the final matchday, dropped to 13th on 12 points. The top eight teams advance to the round of 16 with the next 16 teams going into playoffs.
The Italians, who had scored only one goal in their previous six Champions league matches, move up to 27th with five points.
It had all started well for the visitors, who put on early pressure and were rewarded with a penalty. Guirassy's chip into the middle was weak but despite Bologna's keeper getting a hand to the ball, it was enough for the striker's seventh goal of the competition.
Dortmund looked to be in complete control of the game and heading towards the brink of automatic qualification to the round of 16. But they inexplicably eased off after the break, allowing the hosts back into the match.
Bologna levelled following a quick break when substitute Dallinga slotted in the equaliser in the 71st.
Before the Dortmund defence had time to recover, the Italian side struck again with another quick move and another deep cross from Charalambos Lykogiannis which substitute Iling-Junior finished off thanks partly to defensive errors by the Germans.
With their opponents having given up, Bologna should have added at least two more goals with a string of golden chances, including through Jens Odgaard.
Alvarez scores twice as Atletico fight back to beat Leverkusen 2-1
Atletico Madrid fought back to rescue a 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday as Julian Alvarez's second-half brace cancelled out Piero Hincapie's opener in an action-packed game which ended with both sides down to 10 men.
Atletico played more than an hour with a man down after midfielder Pablo Barrios was shown a straight red card for a reckless studs-up tackle from behind on Jeremie Frimpong in the 24th minute.
After the home side's goalkeeper Jan Oblak had made a string of saves to deny Leverkusen, the Germans managed to break the deadlock in added time before the break with a headed goal by Hincapie.
Atletico came back better after halftime, found an equaliser through Alvarez in a quick counter-attack in the 52nd minute and took control of the action.
After Hincapie got a second booking for a foul from behind on Giuliano Simeone in the 76th, Atletico piled on the pressure until Alvarez was passed through by substitute Angel Correa to beat the offside trap, ran round the goalkeeper and tapped the ball into the empty net in the 90th minute.
The victory lifted Diego Simeone's side to third in the standings on 15 points, three behind second-placed Barcelona and six from leaders Liverpool. Leverkusen are sixth with 13
De Jong scores twice as 10-man PSV beat Red Star Belgrade
Luuk de Jong scored a brace of goals as 10-man PSV Eindhoven put in a commanding first-half display but were then forced to hold on for victory in a 3-2 Champions League win over Red Star Belgrade at a freezing Stadion Rajko Mitic on Tuesday.
Ryan Flamingo scored the Dutch club’s third goal but when he was sent off early in the second period, the momentum shifted towards the home side and they netted through headers from Cherif Ndiaye and Nasser Djiga.
PSV remain on course for the playoffs with 11 points from their seven matches, while Red Star are out of contention having managed three points from the same number of fixtures.
PSV hit the front as De Jong rose to meet an outswinging corner from Joey Veerman and powered his header from 15 yards into the far corner of the net. He added a second from another Veerman corner shortly afterwards.
The visitors had a third before halftime and again it came from a corner as Red Star could only clear the ball to the edge of the box and centre back Flamingo volleyed home a thunderous strike.
But Flamingo’s joy turned to disbelief when he received a straight red card five minutes into the second period after he brought down Nemanja Radonjic on the edge of the box and was deemed to be the last defender.
Red Star felt they had a chance with a numerical advantage and they pulled two goals back as Ndiaye and Djiga scored with headers, but despite heavy pressure in the closing minutes, they couldn’t find an equalising goal.
Juventus held to goalless draw at Brugge
Juventus were held to a 0-0 draw at Belgian champions Club Brugge in a largely uneventful Champions League clash on Tuesday.
The hosts had their best chance to break the deadlock after the restart when forward Ferran Jutgla nutmegged defender Pierre Kalulu but his low attempt was just wide of the left post.
Brugge goalkeeper Simon Mignolet stretched to deny midfielder Manuel Locatelli from distance late on, saving the only goal-bound effort in the match.
Salah: 'We are disappointed to let them score'
After scoring his 50th Champions League goal, Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah said on Amazon Prime: "Hopefully it's not the last one but it's something I'm very happy and proud about, especially because we won the game. That's the most important thing. I wasn't focused (on the record) to be fair.
"They had a really good game plan, they were unbeaten in 21 games so they were quite a tough team and it showed in that first half. In the second half we give them all the credit but we managed to win the game.
"I don't think we switched off (when Lille went down to 10 men) but I think they went to counter-attack and they managed to score so we are disappointed in that because a clean sheet is important for us and our defensive line. I'm sure the manager will speak about that.
"We have a different manager and different players (to the last time Liverpool won the Champions League) but we have good talent, the players are working hard and the manager has a good idea so we will try and we will see."
Bologna stun embattled Dortmund 2-1 with two-goal comeback in two minutes
Bologna struck twice in two minutes to bag a 2-1 comeback win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday and earn their first win in the competition while piling pressure on the embattled Germans who suffered a fourth straight loss across all competitions.
Dortmund, who took the lead with a 15th-minute Serhou Guirassy penalty, have now lost all their matches in 2025, after Bologna staged a quickfire comeback with goals from Thijs Dallinga in the 71st and Samuel Iling-Junior a minute later.
With coach Nuri Sahin's future now in the balance, Dortmund, who play Shakhtar Donetsk on the last matchday, dropped to 13th on 12 points. The top eight teams advance to the round of 16 with the next 16 teams going into playoffs.
The Italians, who had scored only one goal in their previous six Champions league matches, move up to 27th with five points.
Liverpool 2-1 Lille: match summary
Liverpool booked their spot in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 2-1 victory over 10-man Lille on Tuesday at Anfield, thanks to goals from talisman Mohamed Salah and substitute Harvey Elliott.
Arne Slot's men maintained their 100% record and top the 36-team table with 21 points, three points clear of second-placed Barcelona with one game of the league phase remaining.
Salah netted his 50th European goal for Liverpool in the 34th minute when he sprinted onto a long pass from Curtis Jones before curling a shot around goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier.
Despite being reduced to 10 men when Aissa Mandi was shown his second yellow card in the 59th minute, Jonathan David levelled for the visitors three minutes later when he hammered home the loose ball after Hakon Arnar Haraldsson's shot was blocked.
Liverpool quickly regained the lead when a corner was headed out to the edge of the box and Elliott fired a crisp shot that took a wild deflection into the net in the 67th minute.
Full-time: Liverpool 2-1 Lille
And there it is, a job well done, albeit with a brief second-half scare.
Liverpool have played seven, won seven, and they will definitely qualify for the last-16.
Liverpool 2-1 Lille
90 min: Mac Allister is booked for a bit of a hack. Liverpool are nearly over the line here, though. Three minutes of added time to come.