Liverpool into semi-finals after Benfica thrill ride
Ibrahima Konate is the fourth player to score in the two legs of a Champions League quarter-last for Liverpool after Peter Crouch in 2006-07, Mohamed Salah in 2017-18 and Roberto Firmino in 2018-19
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Liverpool stay on track for a memorable fourfold after an amazingly exhilarating draw with Benfica got a two-legged Champions League semi-last against Villarreal.
Having laid out a 3-1 lead in Lisbon, Liverpool broadened their benefit with Ibrahima Konate's strong 21st-minute header from a Kostas Tsimikas corner.
Benfica adjusted through Goncalo Ramos' great turn and finish, before Roberto Firmino's two last part objectives - a tap-in followed by a volley - before the Kop hoped to have placed the Reds in charge.
In any case, after Roman Yaremchuk got through to beat Alisson and make it 3-2 on the evening, Darwin Nunez scored a late adjuster.
Nunez was then denied by Alisson as Benfica completed firmly yet Liverpool held out to propel 6-4 on total.
They currently have Villarreal - the club they beat in the semi-finals of the Europa League in 2016 - on 27 April prior to going to Spain for the second leg on 4 May.
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