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| Liverpool’s Sadio Mane takes on Hoffenheim’s Ermin Bicakcic |
Liverpool survived a missed penalty before teenager Trent Alexander-Arnold and a Havard Nordtveit own goal gave them a 2-1 win at Hoffenheim which put them on the brink of a Champions League group stage place on Tuesday.
The English Premier League side had a let-off when their goalkeeper Simon Mignolet saved a weak Andrej Kramaric penalty in the 12th minute of the playoff first leg tie.
Alexander-Arnold, 18, curled a free kick through a gap in the Hoffenheim wall to put Liverpool ahead in the 35th minute and James Milner’s shot was deflected in off Nordtveit in the 74th. Mark Uth pulled a late goal back for the Bundesliga side.
Sporting were held to a 0-0 draw at home by FCSB, formerly Steaua Bucharest, and CSKA Moscow sneaked a late 1-0 win at Young Boys thanks to a Kasim Nuhu own goal in added time.Liverpool survived a missed penalty before teenager Trent Alexander-Arnold and a Havard Nordtveit own goal gave them a 2-1 win at Hoffenheim which put them on the brink of a Champions League group stage place on Tuesday.
The English Premier League side had a let-off when their goalkeeper Simon Mignolet saved a weak Andrej Kramaric penalty in the 12th minute of the playoff first leg tie.
Alexander-Arnold, 18, curled a free kick through a gap in the Hoffenheim wall to put Liverpool ahead in the 35th minute and James Milner’s shot was deflected in off Nordtveit in the 74th. Mark Uth pulled a late goal back for the Bundesliga side.
Sporting were held to a 0-0 draw at home by FCSB, formerly Steaua Bucharest, and CSKA Moscow sneaked a late 1-0 win at Young Boys thanks to a Kasim Nuhu own goal in added time.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SUMMARIES
APOEL Nicosia 2 Igor De Camargo 2, Efstathios Aloneftis 10
Slavia Prague 0
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Young Boys 0
CSKA Moscow 1 Kasim Nuhu 90+1og
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TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1 Mark Uth 87
Liverpool 2 Trent Alexander-Arnold 35, Havard Nordtveit 74og
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Sporting 0
FCSB 0
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Qarabag Agdam 1 Mahir Madatov 25
FC Copenhagen 0
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