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Commentary
1¹ZUBIMENDI booked.
5¹COMAN made space on the left and dragged the ball to VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR who rasped the ball wide.
7¹A mix up in the Portsmouth defence enabled VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR to crack an effort wide.
8¹A shot from KOUNDÉ seemed a certain goal but SZCZESNY managed to force the ball away.
10¹VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR waltzed away from SAKA and flicked a tame shot wide.
13¹GOAL!! A one-handed save from NEUER enabled MARTÍNEZ to glance the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Portsmouth)
16¹VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR was put clear by RODRYGO and he pulled away from the Portsmouth 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.
23¹The Portsmouth 'keeper managed to claw away an amazing shot.
28¹A wonderful save prevented VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR from scoring a good goal.
29¹A clever cross from SAKA was shot goalbound by MARTÍNEZ only for the 'keeper to block.
29¹GOAL!! An imaginative MARQUINHOS played a great ball down the left to KOUNDÉ who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-1)
36¹RAPHINHA turned KOUNDÉ but nudged the ball into the arms of the Liverpool 'keeper.
45¹GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from DE JONG shook the crossbar and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR. (2-1 Liverpool)
4²A accurate pass fell to VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR and his looping shot floated narrowly over.
8²LUKAKU booked by D'URSO.
14²D'URSO books RAPHINHA for a high challenge.
29²The ref books KIMMICH.
34²The hapless 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from KOUNDÉ dropped just over.
39²SAKA shot wide.
40²The referee gave LUKAKU a second yellow card for a clumsy challenge on DE JONG.
41²VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Portsmouth woodwork.
42²FABIÁN drilled a looping shot just beyond the near post from close range.

 
Liverpool
 
League position: -
Home league form: WXWL
Overall league form: XWLXWWLL
Formation: 3-4-3
Line-ups
(c)Manuel NEUER7 17 Wojciech SZCZESNY
Jules KOUNDÉ8 27 Lucas DIGNE
Gianluca MANCINI6½36½Joshua KIMMICH
Frenkie DE JONG7 47 RAPHINHA
MARQUINHOS7 56½Aymeric LAPORTE
FABIÁN Ruiz6½66½José GIMÉNEZ(c)
MARCOS LLORENTE Moreno7 76½Martín ZUBIMENDI
RODRYGO Silva7½86½Bukayo SAKA
(p)Robert LEWANDOWSKI6½96½Lautaro MARTÍNEZ
(f)VINÍCIUS José JÚNIOR6½105½Bryan CRISTANTE
Kingsley COMAN6 116 Romelu LUKAKU(p,f)
Hugh G RectionManagerNigel BECK
Isak HANSEN-AARØEN  12  Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
Unai SIMÓN  13  KEPA Arrizabalaga
Oliwier SLAWINSKI  14  Marcelo BROZOVIC
Milos LUKOVIC  15  ESTÊVÃO Willian
Dashmir ELEZI  16  Maximilian EGGESTEIN
 
Portsmouth
 
League position: 16
Away league form: LWXL
Overall league form: WXLXWLLX
Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics
Liverpool 2 Portsmouth 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 64,791, Stadium: Anfield, Referee: Andy D'Urso 5½)

Koundé 29¹, Vinícius Júnior 45¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Martínez 13¹
  
 Lukaku 40²
 Zubimendi 1¹, Lukaku 8², Raphinha 14², Kimmich 29²
93
2027
99
64
106
1610
33
51%49%
Man of the match: Jules Koundé