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2021/22 UEFA Champions League
Quarter-Final - First-Leg
SL Benfica v Liverpool FC
Estádio da Luz
Lisbon, Portugal
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Kick-Off 21h00
SL Benfica will lock horns with Liverpool FC in a
UEFA Champions League quarter-final first-leg match on April 5.
The Portuguese football heavyweights secured their spot in this round after edging out Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam 3-2 on aggregate in the Round of 16 tie.
Benfica are enjoying a four-match unbeaten run in this competition having recorded two wins and two draws including a 2-2 stalemate with Ajax in their last game in the tournament.
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The Eagles are also undefeated in their last two home matches in the Champions League having recorded one win and one draw at the Estádio da Luz
Meanwhile, Liverpool booked their spot into the quarter-finals after defeating Italian champions Inter Milan 2-1 on aggregate in the Round of 16 tie.
However, the English giants lost to Inter in their last game in the Champions League and the defeat ended the Reds' eight-match unbeaten run in the competition.
Liverpool are undefeated in their last four away matches in this competition having recorded four consecutive victories on the road.
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“Benfica did obviously really well against Ajax and that’s the situation; I know people will say we are the favourites and stuff like this, but that’s already the first mistake you could make," Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said.
"We are too long in the business now to make these kinds of mistakes. I’m just really looking forward to it. I respect a lot what they are doing there, it’s a massive club. I don’t think I ever played there, to be 100 percent honest.
“Lisbon, a great city, on top of that – I spent my last week off on holiday [before taking the Liverpool FC job], I got the call from Mike Gordon in Lisbon. So that’s a nice memory as well – I was sitting in an outside coffee bar, I got the call and we made the decision actually in Lisbon.”
The last meeting between Benfica and Liverpool in the Champions League was on 8 March 2006.
Benfica secured a 2-0 win over Liverpool in the Round of 16 second-leg match at Anfield in England.
Head-to-Head stats (UEFA Champions League)
Matches: 8
Benfica - 3
Liverpool - 5
Draws - 0
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