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0¹ GOAL!! A great shot from COOK was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as IMMOBILE who slammed the ball past the stranded Liverpool 'keeper. (1-0 Middlesbrough) 1¹ A right foot shot from KANE was forced wide by the Middlesbrough 'keeper. 2¹ GOAL!! A neat one-two left BELLINGHAM clear and he made no mistake by instinctively lobbing the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (1-1) 16¹ SALAH stabbed a simple chance past the righthand post. 18¹ A cross from BELLINGHAM left BERNARDO SILVA in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 22¹ A good ball from BERNARDO SILVA on the right found BELLINGHAM who scuffed his effort just beyond the near post. 23¹ GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled KANE to flick the ball home. (2-1 Liverpool) 28¹ IMMOBILE beat RÚBEN DIAS but drove the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. 29¹ SALAH was put clear by VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR and he turned the Middlesbrough 'keeper but drilled his shot wide. 34¹ An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of LOPES by VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR. 35¹ VAN DE VEN hit a right foot shot wide from just outside the area. 37¹ A good effort from RÚBEN DIAS scraped the outside of the righthand post. 1² KANE headed inches over. 2² IMMOBILE hoofed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box. 5² The hapless Middlesbrough 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from VAN DE VEN dropped just over. 9² GOAL!! A delightful dummy from FODEN allowed KIMMICH to lay a nice ball off to SALAH who glanced the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Liverpool) 10² HOWSON worked the ball to SANSONE, IMMOBILE gathered his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper. 12² SALAH rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. 21² The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from BELLINGHAM. 23² GOAL!! Unlucky CROOKS hit the woodwork before WATMORE rifled the ball into the net as BELLINGHAM failed to clear. (3-2 Liverpool) 26² KANE beat a number of Middlesbrough players and slammed a golden opportunity over the bar. 33² A poor foul on SANSONE by SALAH results in a booking.

Middlesbrough   League position: 16 Home league form: WLXO Overall league form: XWLLLXLO Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Anthony LOPES 5½ 1 6½ Thibaut COURTOIS Dael FRY 6½ 2 8½ Joshua KIMMICH Mickey VAN DE VEN 7  3 7½ Josko GVARDIOL Lewis COOK 6½ 4 7½ Jude BELLINGHAM Patrick McNAIR 6½ 5 7  RÚBEN Santos DIAS(c) Marc BOLA 6  6 7  Virgil VAN DIJK Jonny HOWSON 7  7 6½ Phil FODEN Duncan WATMORE 6½ 8 7  BERNARDO Mota SILVA (c,p)Ciro IMMOBILE 7  9 7½ Harry KANE (f)Matt CROOKS 6  10 6  Mohamed SALAH(p,f) Nicola SANSONE 6  11 8  VINÍCIUS José JÚNIOR Manager Chris Goddard Andraz SPORAR    12    Bukayo SAKA Arijanet MURIC    13    ALISSON Ramses Hayden HACKNEY    14    William SALIBA George SAVILLE    15    Leroy SANÉ Ryan GILES    16    Julián ÁLVAREZ

Liverpool   League position: 1 Away league form: WWWW Overall league form: WWWWWWWW Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Middlesbrough 2 Liverpool 3 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 35,015, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Dave Foster 7½) Immobile 0¹, Watmore 23² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Bellingham 2¹, Kane 23¹, Salah 9²           Salah 33² 5 7 8 6 2 6 4 9 4 11 8 20 2 5 39% 61% ¶ Man of the match: Joshua Kimmich ¶