{"id":9611,"date":"2018-04-04T22:11:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T04:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=9611"},"modified":"2018-04-04T22:23:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T04:23:48","slug":"liverpool-barcelona-win","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/liverpool-barcelona-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool & Barcelona win BIG In Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"
Liverpool took control of their Champions League quarter-final tie with a stunning first-leg 3-0 victory over Manchester City at Anfield.\u00a0Mohamed Salah set the hosts on their way in an incredible opening half an hour with a cool close-range finish, BBC reports.<\/p>\n
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain then thumped home from outside the area before Sadio Mane headed in a third. \u00a0Manchester City dominated after the break and Gabriel Jesus had the ball in the net but it was ruled offside.<\/p>\n
It means the Premier League leaders need a big win in the second leg, which takes place at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, 10 April (19:45 BST), where City won 5-0 in the league in September.<\/p>\n
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Barcelona were far from their best but managed to secure a 4-1 first-leg victory at the Nou Camp to take full control of their Champions League quarter-final tie with Roma.<\/p>\n
Ernesto Valverde\u2019s side struggled for rhythm for much of the game against the Italian aide, but built a three-goal advantage thanks to own goals either side of half-time from Daniele De Rossi (40) and Kostas Manolas (55) and a tap in from Gerard Pique (59).<\/p>\n
Edin Dzeko gave Roma a late glimmer of hope heading into next week\u2019s second leg at the Stadio Olimpico by scoring an away goal, but Luis Suarez (87) landed a late blow as Barca put one foot in the last four, BBC reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Liverpool took control of their Champions League quarter-final tie with a stunning first-leg 3-0 victory over Manchester City at Anfield.\u00a0Mohamed Salah set the hosts on their way in an incredible opening half an hour with a cool close-range finish, BBC reports. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain then thumped home from outside the area before Sadio Mane headed in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[321],"class_list":["post-9611","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-sports","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"\n