Atletico Madrid 2-3 Liverpool: Mohamed Salah stars against 10-man Atletico

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Mohamed Salah and James Milner combine to give Liverpool the lead at Atletico Madrid

Mohamed Salah continued his superb goalscoring form as Liverpool made it three wins out of three in the group stage of the Champions League as they beat Spanish champions Atletico Madrid in a game of constant drama.

In a frantic, fantastic match in the Spanish capital between sides that were dazzling in attack but vulnerable at the back, the Reds saw an early two-goal lead wiped out by Antoine Griezmann's double.

The France forward was then shown a straight red card early in the second half, allowing the visitors to reassert their authority and snatch a big win through Salah's well-taken penalty, awarded for a clumsy barge on Diogo Jota by Mario Hermoso.

Jota almost turned villain, though, as his challenge on Jose Maria Gimenez resulted in a penalty being awarded - only for the referee to change his mind after being encouraged to view the incident on the pitchside monitor.

Earlier, Salah had given the Reds the lead when his low finish at the end of a weaving run found the net off the toe of James Milner before Naby Keita's brilliant volley doubled it.

Griezmann's neat close-range finish and then superb turn and shot across Alisson restored parity, all before the break.

Jurgen Klopp's side are now unbeaten in 21 games in all competitions and continue to provide an attacking threat opponents are rarely able to deal with.

In their last nine matches they have racked up 30 goals and have scored at least three times in all of their seven away games this campaign.

They now top Champions League Group B by an emphatic five points after their most impressive win so far.

It did not however impress Atletico boss Diego Simeone, who spent the game either whipping the home crowd up into a frenzy or berating the officials and then headed off down the tunnel at full time without shaking the hand of Klopp.

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Atlético Madrid

Squad number13Player nameOblak
Squad number18Player nameFelipe
Squad number4Player nameKondogbia
Squad number22Player nameHermoso
Squad number6Player nameKoke
Squad number23Player nameTrippier
Squad number5Player namede Paul
Squad number11Player nameLemar
Squad number21Player nameCarrasco
Squad number7Player nameJoão Félix
Squad number8Player nameGriezmann

Squad number2Player nameGiménez
Squad number9Player nameSuárez
Squad number10Player nameCorrea
Squad number12Player nameRenan Lodi
Squad number14Player nameMarcos Llorente

Liverpool

Squad number1Player nameAlisson
Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold
Squad number32Player nameMatip
Squad number4Player namevan Dijk
Squad number26Player nameRobertson
Squad number8Player nameKeïta
Squad number14Player nameHenderson
Squad number7Player nameMilner
Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah
Squad number9Player nameRoberto Firmino
Squad number10Player nameMané

Squad number3Player nameFabinho
Squad number12Player nameGomez
Squad number15Player nameOxlade-Chamberlain
Squad number20Player nameDiogo Jota
Squad number76Player nameN Williams

Line-ups

Atl Madrid

Formation 3-1-4-2

13Oblak
18Felipe
4KondogbiaSubstituted forGiménezat 45'minutes
22HermosoSubstituted forLlorenteat 80'minutes
6Koke
23Trippier
5de PaulSubstituted forLodi dos Santosat 80'minutes
11LemarSubstituted forSuárezat 80'minutesBooked at 90mins
21Carrasco
7SequeiraSubstituted forCorreaat 80'minutes
8GriezmannBooked at 52mins

Substitutes

1Lecomte
2Giménez
9Suárez
10Correa
12Lodi dos Santos
14Llorente
16Herrera
19Santos Carneiro Da Cunha
24Vrsaljko

Liverpool

Formation 4-3-3

1Alisson
66Alexander-ArnoldBooked at 63minsSubstituted forGomezat 85'minutes
32Matip
4van Dijk
26Robertson
8KeïtaSubstituted forFabinhoat 45'minutes
14Henderson
7MilnerBooked at 59minsSubstituted forOxlade-Chamberlainat 63'minutes
11SalahSubstituted forN Williamsat 90+2'minutes
9Firmino
10ManéSubstituted forJotaat 62'minutes

Substitutes

3Fabinho
5Konaté
12Gomez
13Adrián
15Oxlade-Chamberlain
18Minamino
20Jota
21Tsimikas
27Origi
47Phillips
62Kelleher
76N Williams

Referee:Daniel Siebert

Attendance:60,725

Live Text

Match ends, Atletico Madrid 2, Liverpool 3.
Second Half ends, Atletico Madrid 2, Liverpool 3.
Attempt missed. Neco Williams (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Felipe (Atletico Madrid).
Substitution, Liverpool. Neco Williams replaces Mohamed Salah.
Fabinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid).
Offside, Atletico Madrid. Koke tries a through ball, but Renan Lodi is caught offside.
Substitution, Liverpool. Joseph Gomez replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
VAR Decision: No Penalty Atletico Madrid.
Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Luis Suárez replaces Thomas Lemar.
Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Renan Lodi replaces Rodrigo de Paul.
Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Marcos Llorente replaces Mario Hermoso.
Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces João Félix.
Foul by Roberto Firmino (Liverpool).
Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Atletico Madrid 2, Liverpool 3. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.