Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal: Champions League semi-final, first leg – live reaction!

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Minute-by-minute report: Liverpool maintained their relentless form against the conquerors of Bayern in their Champions League semi-final first leg.

Pau Torres speaks: ““We have the feeling that we were punished for our only errors,” says the Villarreal defender. “In the first half we coped well, but in the second half we were a little overrun. In our planning we addressed the idea that they might go ahead but our plan was a little like in Munich – to stay comfortable, to cope. But our errors were really punished.”

Peep! Peep! Peeeeeep! It’s all over at Anfield, where Liverpool have run out comfortable winners in the end despite a frustrating first half. A Pervis Estupinan own goal after industrious work from Jordan Henderson broke the deadlock, while Sadio Mane stabbed home from close range just two minutes later. Liverpool are in the box-seat at half-time in this semi-final tie but Villarreal aren’t completely out of it yet.

Our chief football correspondent David Hytner was at Anfield to see Liverpool dominate their Spanish visitors and give themselves a healthy two-goal cushion ahead of the second leg.

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Now it’s two! Sadio Mane doubles Liverpool’s lead, scoring their second in two minutes. He runs on to a weighted short pass from Salah and stabs home, but was he offside?

Liverpool are in front. A Jordan Henderson cross from the right takes a wicked deflection, loops over the outstretched hand of Rulli and into the Villarreal goal.

Andy Robertson speaks: “We had a few chances in the first half, trying to break them down,” he tells BT. “We had a bit of momentum after the first goal and the noise in here was