Liverpool could have reached the last 16 of the Champions League if they had avoided defeat. The team won the previous six matches and did not make any concessions. Beating 10-man Lille 2-1 in the next round.
Liverpool won with goals from Mohamed Salah and Harvey Elliott. They have 21 points in seven games. It is three points ahead of second-placed Barcelona.
In the 34th minute, Salah scored his 50th European goal after receiving a long pass from Curtis Jones.
Issa Mandi received the second yellow card after interfering with Luis Diaz in the second half. In the 59th minute, the French club equalized despite 10 players. Jonathan David made it 1-1 three minutes later. Liverpool scored the second goal of the tournament.
However, they got three points. In the 67th minute, Elliott shot the goal from the edge of the penalty area after flying into the goal from a corner kick. The ball hit a Lille player and hit the net.