FMFA Anglo-American Champions League, Liverpool vs. Monterrey (Sun May 31) Liverpool | Monterrey 4-3-3 A | 4-4-2 P Thomas Edvardsen | Harry Klenjan | B_Leno GK | GK M_Barovero E_Alvarez DF | DF M_Prado L_Mai DF | DF C_Montes C_Fabregas MF | DF L_Vangioni D_Maresic DF | DF S_Medina L_Hernandez DF | MF J_Gallardo Son_Heung_Min FW | MF A_Gonzalez J_Rodriguez MF | MF M_Meza L_Suarez FW | MF J_Gonzalez Coutinho MF | FW R_Funes_Mori G_Simeone FW | FW D_Pabon | S_Mignolet SUB | SUB E_Resendez L_Shaw SUB | SUB D_Parra Gerson SUB | SUB C_Cortiz K_Walker SUB | SUB C_Rodriguez J_Nisic SUB | SUB V_Janssen Min. 1 :(liv) L_Suarez loses D_Pabon ... L_Suarez tries to place it in the corner ! ... M_Barovero parries it ... The defender clears it Min. 2 :(mon) J_Gallardo hits the ball through the heart of the defence ... M_Prado latches onto it! ... M_Prado unleashes a pile driver ! ... It hits the post!! ... GOAL !! ... That puts Monterrey ahead! ... Now can they hang onto it! ... Liverpool 0-1 Monterrey ... Min. 3 :(liv) Coutinho hits a hard pass to Son_Heung_Min ... L_Vangioni tackles cleanly Min. 5 :(liv) E_Alvarez slides the ball across to G_Simeone ... A powerful header from G_Simeone ! ... It looks good ... But M_Barovero just gets his fingers to that one ... CORNER! ... Swung in by J_Rodriguez ... The ball finds its way to L_Suarez ... He gets the shot away ... The shot slips through M_Barovero's hands ... But goes wide! ... He got away with that! Min. 7 :(mon) It looks as though Monterrey is now playing E Min. 7 :(liv) C_Fabregas crosses to G_Simeone ... G_Simeone drives it towards goal ! ... GOAL !! ... It looks like he enjoyed that one!! ... He is dancing round the corner flag! ... Now they are back in the game! ... Liverpool 1-1 Monterrey ... Min. 10 :(liv) L_Mai is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate loosing his marker ... He throws it to Son_Heung_Min ... Son_Heung_Min hits the shot with the inside of the right foot! ... It's wide! ... 9 times out of ten he would have scored that! Min. 10 :(mon) J_Gonzalez finds R_Funes_Mori in acres of space ... A cheeky lob from R_Funes_Mori ! ... B_Leno parries it ... CORNER! ... A_Gonzalez plays it into the danger area! ... L_Mai heads it away Min. 11 :(mon) S_Medina slices it ... M_Barovero moves quickly!! ... GOAL !! ... He has put it into his own net!! ... Liverpool 2-1 Monterrey ... Min. 12 :(mon) M_Meza with the dribble ... D_Maresic is easily beaten ... Good sliding challenge from L_Hernandez ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... A_Gonzalez hits it towards the far post! ... S_Medina with the shot! ... The ball moves through the air! ... B_Leno moves quickly! ... Can he get to this? ... B_Leno tips it wide! ... CORNER! ... A_Gonzalez crosses it in! ... J_Gallardo gets to it! ... But B_Leno reaches the ball. Good save Min. 13 :(liv) L_Suarez with a short pass to find Coutinho ... Coutinho with the shot on net ! ... It hits the bar ... And goes over! ... M_Barovero was beaten there! Min. 14 :(liv) L_Hernandez sidesteps M_Prado ... He's been running his marker ragged all game ... L_Hernandez with a powerful downward header! ... But he's missed it! ... He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo Min. 14 :(mon) M_Meza looks around for support ... He knocks the ball across to R_Funes_Mori ... R_Funes_Mori drives the ball low ! ... But B_Leno just gets his fingers to that one Min. 15 :(liv) The defender under hits the back pass! ... L_Suarez is through! ... L_Suarez swings in the shot! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... GOAL !! ... Right into the top corner! ... Liverpool 3-1 Monterrey ... Min. 17 :(liv) E_Alvarez is forced back with the ball ... He belts the ball up field ... G_Simeone latches onto the end of it ... G_Simeone with the crafty shot! ... But M_Barovero tips it behind ... The Referee has given a goal kick ... Unbelievable ! Min. 19 :(mon) R_Funes_Mori turns on a sixpence ... L_Suarez with a deliberate foul ... That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment ... He received a good talking to from The Referee Min. 19 :(liv) J_Rodriguez beats one ... Goes past the second ... He keeps going ... fantastic skill!! ... J_Gallardo rushes in with a crazy challenge!! ... That’s a foul!! ... The referee reaches to his pocket! ... He jots down his name! ... RED CARD!! ... I think he deserved that! Min. 21 :(liv) Son_Heung_Min runs with the ball to the corner flag ... He plays the ball across to L_Suarez ... L_Vangioni wins control of the ball with his hand!! ... Play On!! Min. 25 :(liv) The ball goes loose! ... J_Rodriguez seizes control of it and thinks about the shot ... J_Rodriguez rises above the defence to head the ball ! ... Its sails over! ... He has squandered a golden opportunity Min. 26 :(mon) It looks as though Monterrey is now playing N Min. 26 :(liv) L_Hernandez with a penetrating pass to L_Suarez ... L_Suarez is miles offside! ... The flag stays down ... M_Barovero tries to close down the angle ... He rounds M_Barovero ... He has been pushed wide! ... He shoots from a tight angle ... Its hit the side netting!! Min. 27 :(liv) J_Rodriguez has it now ... He takes on C_Montes ... He gets past him! ... He puts in E_Alvarez! ... E_Alvarez with a low drive through the rain! ... It hits off a defender! ... M_Barovero is wrong footed! ... It drifts just wide! ... CORNER! ... L_Suarez curls it into the box! ... M_Barovero easily catches it! Min. 28 :(liv) Coutinho brings it under control ... He takes on A_Gonzalez ... He gets past him! ... He puts in Son_Heung_Min! ... Son_Heung_Min with the side footed shot! ... M_Barovero makes himself big and wins the ball Min. 30 :(liv) J_Rodriguez is taking a throw in ... He dries the ball on his shirt ... He throws the ball to L_Suarez ... L_Suarez with a thundering shot! ... But M_Barovero punches it away Min. 31 :(liv) J_Rodriguez hits the ball through the heart of the defence ... L_Suarez latches onto it! ... M_Prado gathers up the loose ball Min. 32 :(liv) Coutinho brings the ball into the opposing area ... Coutinho with an overhead kick ! ... He gets a connection ... It goes wide! ... He has squandered a golden opportunity Min. 37 :(liv) Coutinho plays in C_Fabregas with a beautiful ball ... But M_Prado puts the ball out of play Min. 41 :(liv) J_Rodriguez gets to the by-line ... He sees a team mate in space ... He plays the ball through to D_Maresic ... D_Maresic sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender ! ... It hits the post ... And goes clear Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on Min. 44 :(mon) A_Gonzalez runs down the flank ... He plays the ball across to D_Pabon ... A powerful shot by D_Pabon ! ... But B_Leno makes a superb stop down low. Min. 45 :(mon) It seems Monterrey are making a tactical change to E Min. 45 :(liv) D_Maresic gets to the bye line ... He puts it into the box ... He finds Son_Heung_Min ... Son_Heung_Min hits a great shot ! ... M_Barovero falls over ... But the ball sails wide anyway! Min. 46 :(liv) L_Suarez takes advantage of a defensive mistake ... It's a lucky break ... L_Suarez attempts a low drive! ... M_Barovero tips it round the post ... Good save ... Corner not given!! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Liverpool 3-1 Monterrey Min. 47 :(mon) J_Gonzalez runs at the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate in space ... He passes it to R_Funes_Mori ... R_Funes_Mori gets up high for the header ! ... GOAL !! ... It hits him in the balls and rolls in for a goal! ... Liverpool 3-2 Monterrey ... Min. 51 :(mon) R_Funes_Mori takes on 3 men ... L_Suarez with a pull on the shirt ... YELLOW CARD!! He is in the book for that one ... He'll need to be careful from now on Min. 57 :(mon) A_Gonzalez with a neat pass into D_Pabon ... The defender plays it back to B_Leno ... D_Pabon intercepts the back pass! ... He tries to dummy B_Leno ... He rounds B_Leno ... He thumps it towards the goal! ... It goes over!! Min. 60 :(liv) J_Nisic is going to be brought on ... Son_Heung_Min is leaving the pitch ... He applauds the crowd ... Looks like his replacement will play MF Min. 60 :(liv) Gerson is being prepared to come on ... L_Suarez is leaving the pitch ... He applauds the crowd ... Looks like his replacement will play MF Min. 60 :(liv) L_Shaw takes off his tracksuit ... he'll replace D_Maresic as DF Min. 60 :(mon) The Monterrey manager told his side to change to a A strategy Min. 60 :(mon) R_Funes_Mori kicks Coutinho off the ball ... He's Butted him ! ... The Referee has stopped play ... The Referee tries to calm him down Min. 61 :(liv) Coutinho spots G_Simeone who is in acres of space ... G_Simeone swings in the shot! ... But M_Barovero punches it away ... That's gone out for a corner kick ... CORNER! ... Coutinho plays it towards the near post! ... M_Prado reads it well and clears the danger Min. 62 :(mon) A_Gonzalez holds the ball up ... He sees R_Funes_Mori in space! ... L_Shaw gets in the way and wins the ball Min. 64 :(mon) M_Meza with a real burst of pace ... He shows the defender a clean set of heals ... L_Mai wins the ball! ... But he caught the player also! ... The ref gives nothing! Min. 65 :(liv) Gerson has the ball on the wing ... He takes it past M_Prado ... He knocks it to C_Fabregas! ... L_Vangioni reads the situation well and wins the ball ... But it goes out ... CORNER! ... C_Fabregas lofts the ball in! ... L_Mai with the header ... It hits the bar!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH !! ... He's put it wide Min. 67 :(liv) J_Nisic sprints down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He puts in a square ball! ... G_Simeone runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... G_Simeone leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!! ... M_Barovero gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender clears the loose ball Min. 68 :(liv) The ball rolls free! ... Gerson takes control of it on the half way line ... He sprints past the defenders!! ... Gerson with a little chip! ... M_Barovero gathers it easily Min. 68 :(mon) M_Meza wins possession ... He plays the ball across to D_Pabon ... D_Pabon with a powerful downward header! ... But B_Leno punches it away ... He could have caught that! Min. 70 :(mon) V_Janssen will replace M_Meza and play FW Min. 73 :(mon) A_Gonzalez sidesteps L_Shaw ... He's been running his marker ragged all game ... L_Shaw with an ugly foul ... The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! Min. 75 :(liv) Coutinho takes possession ... Knocks it past the defender ... He's through on goal ... Coutinho launches himself head first to connect with the low cross! ... He has put it wide! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 75 :(mon) A_Gonzalez races into the box ... He sees L_Vangioni lose his man ... He cuts the ball back to him ... J_Rodriguez slides in hard! ... And knocks the ball out for a throw! Min. 77 :(liv) C_Fabregas looks up for support for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... G_Simeone receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... But C_Montes slid in ... It was a well timed tackle and it had to be Min. 84 :(liv) Gerson with a one-touch layoff to G_Simeone ... But S_Medina sweeps up the threat Min. 86 :(mon) V_Janssen finds D_Pabon on the edge of the box ... L_Shaw cuts it out easily ... He clears the ball up field Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on Min. 88 :(liv) G_Simeone plays a clever one-two with his team mate ... He looks around for options ... He moves forward with the ball ... G_Simeone with a low drive through the rain! ... He hits the side netting ... There was some parts of the ground that thought that went in! Min. 90 :(liv) Gerson skips the challenge from L_Vangioni ... Gerson with the cheeky shot! ... M_Barovero can't get to it! ... OH! It has gone just over the bar! ... M_Barovero makes a cocky smile ... Did he know that was going over? Min. 91 :(liv) The ball is passed in from J_Rodriguez, he finds L_Shaw ... C_Montes takes the ball and the player!! ... But the ref waves play on!! Min. 92 :(liv) Coutinho is taking a throw in ... He sees a man in space! ... He throws it to Gerson ... Gerson beats the offside trap! ... He is clean through ... He just has to beat M_Barovero ... He slips it underneath M_Barovero ... He hits it towards goal! ... wide!! Min. 93 :(liv) C_Fabregas sidesteps his marker ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... C_Fabregas with the shot ! ... M_Barovero with the diving save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Anfield Attendance : 75,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liverpool Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : G_Simeone (Man of the Match) Scorers : G_Simeone (7), S_Medina (11 og), L_Suarez (15) Sent Off : N/A Booked : L_Suarez (51) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monterrey Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : R_Funes_Mori Scorers : M_Prado (2), R_Funes_Mori (47) Sent Off : J_Gallardo (19) Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liverpool | Monterrey Attempts on Goal : 27 | 9 Off target : 15 | 1 On target : 12 | 8 Possession : 62 | 38 Corners : 4 | 3 Red Cards : 0 | 1 Yellow Cards : 1 | 0 Subs Used : 3 | 1 Fouls : 11 | 11 Key Tackles : 5 | 8 Key Passes : 22 | 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Liverpool 3 - 2 Monterrey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Liverpool Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B_Leno GK 30 2 2 1 22 | 97 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 E_Alvarez DF 1 26 13 2 23 | 97 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 L_Mai DF 1 28 14 2 23 | 97 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 10 1 C_Fabregas MF 2 11 28 11 25 | 97 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 3 D_Maresic DF 1 27 14 2 24 | 64 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 L_Hernandez DF 1 27 11 2 25 | 97 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 10 1 Son_Heung_Min FW 1 3 7 27 24 | 64 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 J_Rodriguez MF 2 3 28 11 25 | 97 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 50 1 L_Suarez FW 2 4 14 31 46 | 64 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 -3 7 31 Coutinho MF 2 4 29 13 25 | 97 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 58 11 G_Simeone FW 2 3 9 28 21 | 97 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 S_Mignolet GK 27 2 3 2 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Shaw DF 2 28 14 4 28 | 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 Gerson MF 1 13 28 13 25 | 33 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 5 K_Walker DF 1 26 15 8 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Nisic MF 1 13 27 13 25 | 33 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Player Statistics - Monterrey Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_Barovero GK 28 4 2 1 27 | 97 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 M_Prado DF 1 25 11 5 24 | 97 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 39 0 23 C_Montes DF 1 25 6 2 23 | 97 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 L_Vangioni DF 1 24 12 4 25 | 97 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 S_Medina DF 1 24 5 3 25 | 97 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 -2 3 J_Gallardo MF 1 10 25 5 24 | 19 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 -7 21 -4 A_Gonzalez MF 1 6 24 4 23 | 97 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 M_Meza MF 1 6 24 5 26 | 74 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 J_Gonzalez MF 1 4 24 3 23 | 97 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 R_Funes_Mori FW 1 3 5 26 25 | 97 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 D_Pabon FW 1 2 4 25 24 | 97 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 E_Resendez GK 26 3 2 1 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Parra DF 1 23 10 2 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Cortiz MF 1 3 25 5 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Rodriguez MF 1 3 24 3 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 V_Janssen FW 1 2 8 25 23 | 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1590958816 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35