💣 Galatasaray shock Liverpool, Lemina scores, Osimhen in tears 😭 | OneFootball

Galatasaray-Liverpool delivers emotions and confirms that winning in Istanbul is difficult.

The home side goes through, with just a one-goal margin, enough to take home the first leg, while awaiting the final showdown at Anfield in 6 days.

😍 Spine-tingling Choreography in Honor of Osimhen and His Mother

The choreography from the Galatasaray curva before the first leg of the round of 16 against Liverpool was entirely dedicated to Victor Osimhen and moved the Nigerian striker to tears.

In the display, his presence stands out, but also that of his mother. The striker then went under the curva, thanking the fans and making a heart with his hands.

📊 Salah sets Liverpool CL appearance record

With this match, Mohamed Salah becomes the Liverpool player with the most appearances in Champions League history: 81, surpassing Jamie Carragher who had 80.

💥 Gala makes it 1-0 with Lemina after 7'! Liverpool anxious 😬

After 7 minutes Galatasaray immediately takes the lead: corner kick from the left, Osimhen’s flick-on, and a diving deflection by Mario Lemina (formerly of Juventus). This is the fastest goal scored by Galatasaray in the Champions League knockout stages.

A lead consolidated by Galatasaray’s play which puts the Reds defense under pressure, with Osimhen nearly doubling the lead with a header and Davinson Sanchez forcing Mamardashvili (due to Alisson’s injury) into a great save.

❌ Liverpool’s equalizer disallowed: handball

A quarter from the end, Liverpool also finds the equalizing goal, but it is revoked.

In a frantic finale, there is a handball by Konate, spotted by VAR, leading to the goal being disallowed. 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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