Liverpool defeated Galatasaray 4-0 and 4-1 on aggregate at the end of the match they played this Wednesday at Anfield stadium, for the return leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16. According to the Argentine News Agency, the home team's goals were scored by midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai in the 24th minute, forward Hugo Ekitike in the 49th, midfielder Ryan Gravenberch in the 57th, and attacker Mohamed Salah in the 61st. With the win, the 'Reds' came back from the series, having lost 1-0 in Turkey, and advanced to the quarter-finals, where they will face Paris Saint-Germain. The first goal of the match came in the 24th minute, with a corner played low towards the edge of the area by Argentine midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, allowing Dominik Szoboszlai to arrive on the run, define with his first touch and make it 1-0. Salah could have scored his first goal of the match in the third minute of stoppage time of the first half, although he wasted a penalty with a low and crossed left-footed shot that was saved by goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır. The Egyptian began to redeem himself five minutes into the second half, when he provided a low, flat back-heel pass to forward Hugo Ekitike, allowing the 23-year-old Frenchman to cross a low left-footed shot and convert. Just two minutes later, Gravenberch was left with the rebound from a Salah shot and, with a disorganized goalkeeper, placed the ball against the far post to make it 3-0. The iconic forward Mohamed Salah could have scored his tenth goal in a disappointing season for his standards in the 61st minute of the second half, after linking up with midfielder Florian Wirtz and shooting from the right edge of the area, with an effect-loaded shot to the far post that beat Çakır.
