| 6¹ | A header by SALAH at the near post was comfortably collected by BENÍTEZ. |
| 10¹ | BARCOLA beat ALEXANDER-ARNOLD and drilled the ball to TROSSARD who fired his effort wide. |
| 15¹ | An exceptional shot from SALAH was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper. |
| 17¹ | TROSSARD headed over the bar. |
| 20¹ | WIRTZ stormed through the Port Vale defence but shot straight at the Port Vale 'keeper. |
| 21¹ | A poor challenge gets TROSSARD a yellow card. |
| 22¹ | A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming BENÍTEZ. |
| 24¹ | ALISSON saved a clever strike from TROSSARD. |
| 27¹ | WIRTZ waltzed round MITOMA and stroked a tame shot over. |
| 30¹ | The Liverpool 'keeper dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Port Vale's BARCOLA. |
| 43¹ | SALAH stepped inside WHITE but flicked the ball into the arms of the Port Vale 'keeper. |
| 48¹ | GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with SALAH rocketing the ball into the net. (1-0 Liverpool)| 1² | GOAL!! An energetic IMMOBILE ran down the right wing and touched the ball back for SALAH to drill home. (2-0 Liverpool)| 3² | A twenty yard drive from TROSSARD caused ALISSON little difficulty. | | 10² | SALAH fluffed an easy chance. | | 12² | An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the 'keeper by MÜLLER. | | 18² | A penalty box scramble resulted in ALBIOL knocking a low shot wide. | | 22² | GOAL!! A cross from MUDRYK was flicked away by ROBERTSON only for FRATTESI to drill the ball back into the box for TROSSARD to force into the net. (2-1 Liverpool)| 25² | MÜLLER booked. | | 27² | GOAL!! A swerving inswinging corner was nodded in at the near post by MIKEL MERINO. (3-1 Liverpool)| 28² | SALAH ran onto a great ball from MIKEL MERINO but hit his shot wide. | | 40² | A drive from TROSSARD seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away. | | | | |