Liverpool beat Villarreal 4-3 in a goal-filled thriller

In the third round of the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool beat the Spanish side Villarreal 4-3 at Anfield. In a match that turned into a goal fest, the visitors took the lead, but the hosts managed to come back.

Villarreal went 1-0 up in the 4th minute through a goal from Georges Mikautadze. In the 29th minute, Sergi Cardona made it 2-0. Liverpool pulled one back in the 36th minute through Alexis Mac Allister. Shortly before the end of the first half, in the 45+2 minute, Ronald Araujo scored the equalizer, and the half ended 2-2.

In the second half, Mac Allister found the net once again in the 65th minute and put Liverpool 3-2 ahead. In the 68th minute, Florian Wirtz made it 4-2. Villarreal cut the gap to one again in the 87th minute with a goal from Tani Oluwaseyi: 4-3.

The score did not change in the remaining time. Liverpool, who won a match in which they were made to struggle, took their tally to 9 points with 3 wins in 3 games. Villarreal remained on 3 points.