This is the post-game podcast on the Blood Red channel, bringing you all the big

match reaction with views from the press box, the dugout and the stands.

Advantage Liverpool as they defeat Ben Fika 3-1 in Lisbon at the Estadio Delus in the Champions League quarter-final first leg.

You're listening to the postgame podcast with Patrick Smith courtesy of the Liverpool Echo and thanks to goals from Ibihima Canate, Sally O'Marnay and Louise Diaz, the Reds have the advantage heading into next week's second leg and field.

Liverpool dominated the first half with an Ibouinato header and a superb team golf finished off by

Sadio Manet taking the Reds into a deserved tune in a lead which could and perhaps should

have been more.

The hosts came out fighting in the second half and caused

a scare when the brilliant young forward Darwin Nunez clawed one back, but Louis Diaz would

have the last laugh against his former Portuguese club rivals rounding the keeper to ensure Liverpool

would head home with a two-goe advantage.

Stick around with me here on the postgame podcast as we bring you the reaction from the press

box of Paul Gorse, the dugout with Yogan Clop and the reaction of the fans from the stands.

The post-game podcast on the Blood Red Channel.

We've pulled up up on foot in the European Cup semi- semifinals after the 3-1 win here that the start of the lose against Benfica.

The end clopside flew out of the tracks and were good value for the win in the end that There has to be said, Benfica surprised,

quarter farmers, some might say,

but they will find themselves up against the Saadu.

They were superior in all departments.

Ibrahim of Canarte headed in the first

and Liverpool were busy and their opponents in the yellow

kits. It looked like Binfica couldn't really get a grasp on the visitors in the early stages.

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