CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, REGULAR SEASON
ROUND 4
Liverpool (England) – Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 4–0 (0–0)
Liverpool, Anfield. V: Makkelie (Holland)
Liverpool: Kelleher – Alexander-Arnold (Bradley, 81.), I. Konaté (Quansah, 87.), Van Dijk, Cimikasz (Robertson, 80.) – Gravenberch, C. Jones (Szoboszlai, 73.), Mac Allister – Szalah, Gakpo (Darwin Núnez, 80.), Luis Díaz. Manager: Arne Slot
Bayer Leverkusen: Hrádecky – Tapsoba, Tah, Hincapie – Frimpong, Palacios (J. Hofmann, 73.), G. Xhaka, Grimaldo (Tella, 81.) – Wirtz, Aleix Garcia (Andrich, 73.) – Boniface (Schick, 81.) . . . . Head Coach: Xabi Alonso
Glead author: Luis Díaz (61st, 83rd, 90+2.), Gakpo (63rd)
BEFORE THE MATCH, a compilation by American-based Spotrac provided the topic, which reported the salaries of football players in the Premier League. At the top of the list is Manchester City’s legionnaire, the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne, with an annual salary of 20.8 million pounds (about 10 billion forints), Dominik Szoboszlai with an annual salary of 6.24 million pounds (a little more than 3 billion forints) is in 79th place on the salary list , also only tenth in his club with this amount. The other Hungarian player of the championship, Milos Kerkez, who plays in Bournemouth, will receive 1.56 million pounds, which corresponds to about 760 million forints.
Dominik Szoboszlai was replaced on the bench in the BL clash against Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday night – Xabi Alonso, sitting on the other bench, received a big applause, not by chance. The Anfield audience did not forget that the coach who led the German club to the championship title was a Liverpool player between 2004 and 2009. In 2005, he scored a goal in the Champions League final in Istanbul, in which the English team drew 0-3 against AC Milan and then won. with penalties.
Unfortunately, this game was not nearly as entertaining as the finale twenty years later, before the break, Cody Gakpo shot from a sharp angle, but it hit the Germans’ Finnish goalkeeper, Lukas Hradecky. After the break, Mohamed Szalah was noticeably clumsy on two occasions, but Luis Díaz came on after an hour to take the lead. The German champion was stunned by the hit, and the Egyptian’s first appreciable touch of the ball was already an assist, Cody Gakpo headed into the net from close range, the VAR checked whether it was offside – it wasn’t. This effectively decided the match, Bayer managed to make sure that nothing happened for an hour, Liverpool decided the match in two minutes.
The Hungarian footballer arrived at the final stage of the match, he was replaced first by Arne Slot, and Dominik Szoboszlai actively threw himself into the fight. Towards the end of the match, Luis Díaz scored his second goal, so the English won easily. Liverpool, who have been faultless so far, await the continuation at the top of the BL table, while Aston Villa, who are also faultless, will play at the home of FC Bruges on Wednesday.
POSITION OF THE PRIMARY STAGEMGyDVL-KGkP1. Liverpool44––10–1+9122. Sporting431–9–2+7103. Monaco431–10–4+6104. Borussia Dortmund43–113–6+795. Aston Villa33––6–0+696. Manchester City421110–4+677. Brest321–7–2+578. International321–5–0+579. Arsenal321–3–0+3710. Juventus42117–5+2711. Bayer Leverkusen42116–5+1712. Lille42115–4+1713. Celtic42119–90714. Dinamo Zagreb421110–12–2715. Barcelona32–110–3+7616. Benfica32–17–4+3617. Real Madrid42–29–7+2618. Milan42–27–6+1619. Feyenoord32–16–7–1620. Atalanta312–3–0+3521. PSV Eindhoven41217–5+2522. VfB Stuttgart31113–4–1423. Paris SG31112–3–1424. Sparta Prague31114–6–2425. Bayern München31–210–7+3326. Girona41–34–8–4327. FC Bruges31–22–6–4328. Atlético Madrid31–23–8–5329. Sahtar Donetsk 3–120–4–4130. Bologna4–130–5–5131. RB Leipzig4––44–9–5032. Sturm Graz4––41–6–5033. Crvena zvezda3––32–11–9034. Salzburg3––30–9–9035. Young Boys3––30–9–9036. Slovan Bratislava4––42–15–130
