Galatasaray defeated Liverpool 1-0 within the Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday, with Mario Lemina scoring the winner.
The midfielder’s first-half header drew the edges at Rams Park in an exhilarating encounter that noticed 4 large probabilities, 30 pictures and two canceled targets.
Florian Wirtz missed a golden likelihood after simply 104 seconds, sending his shot vast after Lemina despatched the ball straight, however the Galatasaray midfielder made a great affect on the different finish with a header from shut vary from a well-worked nook kick.
After good build-up play from Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitike and Alex Mac Allister, Virts shortly missed one other likelihood, whereas Giorgi Marmardashvili denied Noah Lang and Davinson Sanchez with two good saves.
Early within the second half, Dominik Szoboszlai stopped Ugurka Çakir’s shot and Mac Allister fired a shot vast of the left publish, however the Reds had been let off the hook once more when Victor Osimhen noticed his objective towards Baris Yilmaz within the build-up be dominated out for offside.
With Galatasaray holding on to their first-leg benefit, Liverpool had a objective dominated out after Ibrahima Konate was adjudged to have dealt with the ball from a nook earlier than it bounced off to Wilfried Shingo, however Cakir denied Sanchez a possible personal objective within the closing levels.
Victory is ours within the first match of the UEFA Champions League Spherical of 16!
Match outcome: Galatasaray 1-0 Liverpool #GSvLIV #UCL pic.twitter.com/YJr6Dadxnc
— Galatasaray SK (@GalatasaraySK) March 10, 2026
Information Report: Angel Gabriel Sala shines in Türkiye
Nobody is aware of how the sport ended 1-0, however each groups tried 15 pictures, leading to anticipated targets (xG) of 1.44 for Galatasaray and 1.28 for Liverpool.
Gabriel Sala was significantly spectacular for the house facet, making a match-high 4 probabilities, profitable eight of his 16 duels (solely Ekitike had 10 extra) and finishing 4 of his 5 dribble makes an attempt (5 behind Ekitike).
It was a quiet match for Salah. In his 81st Champions League sport for Liverpool, he didn’t register a single shot, probably the most by a participant for the membership.
