Win earns Liverpool spot in last 16

• Published date: 05 November 2021

Seven-time champion Liverpool repeated its lightning start from the reverse game in Madrid, Trent Alexander-Arnold crossing for Jota on 13 minutes and then repeating the feat for Mane in the 21st.

Felipe’s straight red card made life harder for Diego Simeone’s side and though Jota and Luis Suarez, back at his former club, each had goals disallowed in the second half, Liverpool held on with ease to stay top of group B on a perfect 12 points.

Porto is second on five after a 1-1 draw at AC Milan, which picked up its first point, while Atletico is third on four.

Ajax joined Liverpool, and Juventus and Bayern Munich from Wednesday, in reaching the next phase of the competition as Sebastien Haller notched a remarkable seventh goal in four games six minutes from time.

The host took a deserved lead from Marco Reus’ first-half penalty, shortly after defender Mats Hummels’ harsh straight red card on the half hour.

Ajax levelled through Dusan Tadic in the 72nd and Davy Klaassen made it safe in added time.

Dortmund has six points to sit level with Sporting, which crushed pointless Besiktas 4-0 to set up a thriller with the Bundesliga side in Portugal on match day 5.

Leipzig earned a first point in group A thanks to Dominik Szoboszlai’s injury-time penalty at home to Paris Saint-Germain.

Georginio Wijnaldum’s double had given PSG the lead after Christopher Nkunku’s early opener for Leipzig against his former club.

Andre Silva missed a penalty at 1-0 and PSG, without the injured Lionel...