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LIV vs BOL
UEFA Champions League
Anfield, Liverpool
Liverpool
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Bologna
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Full-Time: 2 - 0
That wraps things up from Tribe, but thanks for joining us. This is Ryan Nixon (@NewYorkNixon) signing off.
As for Bologna, there were plenty of positives despite the result. Stefan Posch, Riccardo Orsolini and Kacper Urbanski combined well down the right, while Dan Ndoye had some bright moments.
Even if the potency inside the final third was lacking, Liverpool will be pleased with their performance, with the midfield of Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai impressing. They were able to win plenty of possession and spark their attacks, with Mac Allister and Szoboszlai having roles in the goals, while Gravenberch time and again asked questions with marauding runs from midfield.
The second half didn't quite have the fluency of the first, and eventually Liverpool were able to find that key second goal as Mohamed Salah bent home a wonderful finish. Bologna did everything they could to try find a way back into the game, but they were largely unable to pose a threat as the game wore down, and Liverpool take the points.
So Liverpool get the job done to continue their perfect start to the Champions League, although in the end it probably wasn't as comfortable as it might have been. Early on the signs were ominous as Liverpool created the early goal, and looked a threat time and again going forward. They couldn't quite find the telling pass or shot though, with Lukasz Skorupski largely untested. That lack of a second goal invited Bologna into the game, and they did ask plenty of questions, twice rattling the woodwork through Dan Ndoye, while Alisson had to deny Kacper Urbanski with a sharp save.
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CHANCE! Lovely build up down the right from Orsolini, who backheels into the path of Posch making a run. Posch chops inside before driving the ball against a defender, with the deflection then falling for Iling-Junior. He lets fly, but puts it wide of the right post.
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The corner is bent towards the penalty spot, but flicked away by Liverpool, and Iling-Junior's shot on the follow up is then blocked.
90+1'
Orsolini's free kick flicks off the wall, and behind for a corner.
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