Liverpool win against Augsburg

The team of Liverpool qualified for the knockout round of the Europa League after a very difficult victory over German Augsburg. "Red" prevailed with minimum 1: 0, but in the final minutes of the game could regret allowing equalizer that would have cost them dropping out of the tournament.


The only goal of the match was made by James Milner from the penalty spot at the beginning of the meeting.

The manager of the home rely on the best possible lineup, although on Sunday Liverpool out against Manchester City in the final of the League Cup in England. Philippe Coutinho and recently injured Daniel Sturridge started the match as holders.

The game started in an excellent way for "Reds" who took the lead as early as the 5th minute. The chief referee of the match Clement Turpan surprisingly pointed to the spot after Dominique Cor touched the ball with his hand in an attempt to tip cross from the right.

A penalty was executed by the experienced James Milner, putting the ball along the left side door pillar and gave their forwards.

Alumni Manager Jürgen Klopp continued to dictate the pace as Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho had several excellent chances. England international even hit the right side column after blow in the 39th minute.

Shortly before the end of the first half the home side's captain Jordan Henderson got a knee injury, but ultimately midfielder "red" managed to leave the game.

The second half began with Liverpool pressure. Already in the 48th minute Daniel Sturridge had an excellent opportunity to double the lead, but left alone with the guard of Augsburg, shot wide. TV replays showed however that Sturridge was offside, but it was not marked.

David belching and Jordan Henderson also had their chances but squandered them lightly. Plugging the "red" could cost them very dearly in the final minutes when the visitors twice had excellent positions.

First Bobadilla, and then Stafilidis free kick stood nail home crowd, but eventually graduates of Jürgen Klopp was able to precious success that ranks them in the next phase of the tournament.

The draw for the 1/8-finals is Friday.

In another match of the day Sparta Prague he had no problems against Russian Krasnodar, defeating 3: 0. The goals for the visitors scored Marechek Lucas, Martin Frydek and Kehinde Fatah, all of which fell in the second half. The first match again ended in victory for Sparta - 1: 0.