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Liverpool's fourth straight win to open the group stage lifted the 2019 champion seven points clear of second placed Porto with two rounds remaining.<\/p>\n
Liverpool will be seeded as a group winner in the round of 16 draw on December 13.<\/p>\n
"They're nigh on impossible to handle on nights like this," Mark Bosnich said on Stan Sport.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Unsustainable' United dilemma roasted by pundits<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Extraordinary' Ronaldo saves United yet again<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Klopp wants change after A-League player comes out<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportFC\/status\/1456009039872102403?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n The loss for Atletico, which was beaten 3-2 by Liverpool in Madrid two weeks ago, also helped last placed AC Milan, which got its first point in a 1-1 draw at home to Porto.<\/p>\n Atletico hosts Milan, which can still finish runner-up in Group B, in three weeks' time. Liverpool next welcomes Porto to Anfield.<\/p>\n Liverpool is now unbeaten in 16 games this season, and only European champion Chelsea has stopped Liverpool scoring at least two goals.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportFC\/status\/1455989573046075392?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n The top two in the Premier League drew 1-1 back in August.<\/p>\n Alexander-Arnold was the expert creator of both first-half goals with the right-back delivering angled balls behind the Atl\u00e9tico back line.<\/p>\n A cross in the 13th bounced for the stooping Jota to guide a header high into the net, then a low and hard pass in the 21st went directly into Mane's path to gently guide the ball past goalkeeper Jan Oblak.<\/p>\n Liverpool threatened to sweep aside Atletico in waves of attacks early in the second half, and Jota had a goal ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n Atletico also had a goal disallowed by a video review, from a deflected shot in the 57th by Luis Suarez, who was jeered by home fans on his return to the club where he played for three seasons until 2014.<\/p>\n Atletico was back at a packed Anfield for the first time since eliminating Liverpool, by winning 3-2 after extra time, in the round of 16 on March 11 last year.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportFC\/status\/1456021580266409984?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n That was the day the COVID-19 outbreak was officially declared a pandemic.<\/p>\n "We had incredible chances, so the game was nearly perfect," Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said.<\/p>\n "Two incredible balls from Trent, and incredible finishes as well.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportFC\/status\/1456028367459868674?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n "We don't want to play against 10 men, we don't like that. But in the end it was 2-0, a great night.<\/p>\n "The first target was to get through the group, and we did it.<\/p>\n "When I saw the group I did not expect that we would be through after four games, but the boys did it, and it's really well deserved."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Liverpool eased into the Champions League knockout rounds this morning after Trent Alexander-Arnold's assists cut through the Atletico Madrid defence in a 2-0 win at […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154842"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154844,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154842\/revisions\/154844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n