This coming Sunday Liverpool will play an away game against their biggest rival in recent years Manchester City in a direct battle for the championship title in England.
Yesterday (Tuesday), a few days before, she managed to achieve her goal of reaching the battle at Etihad with a calm head when she defeated Benfica 1: 3 away in the first game of the Champions League quarter-final.
Ibrahima Kunata in his first goal for the team since arriving from Leipzig (17), Sadio Mane (34) and Luis Diaz (87) scored for the visitors, with Darwin Nunes just shrinking (49).
Thanks to the win, Liverpool maintained a perfect away balance in the Champions League this season when they won five of their five games.
This is the first time the English runners-up have won five games in a row in the Champions League since 1984. In addition, the Reds have extended their away win streak in all competitions to eight, which is of course the longest streak in the club's history.
Whoever made the headlines at the end of the game was Ruben Diaz who came to Liverpool from Porto, Benfica's sworn rival and received an unpleasant welcome.
After scoring the third goal a walking stick was thrown at him and the Colombian responded defiantly.
Jürgen Klopp said after the game: "Benfica had a clear plan. They pressed high, looked for a goal and got it. It's hard, hard to find spaces against such teams. You have to fight, find the direction well. We did it, we had better and less moments. "They were quality, they fought for their lives. They were always there for long minutes. They had their moments, in 0: 2 we had to keep pressing."
8 - @LFC have won eight consecutive away matches in all competitions for the first time in their history.
Powerhouse.
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Andy Robertson: "We could have had a higher lead at the end of the first half, and then we wanted to keep the score and absorbed a non-binding goal that lifted the crowd. The third goal was very important.
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