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Champions League: Liverpool beat Benfica 3-1 to take firm grip on tie

 April 5, 2022 Liverpool's Ibrahima Konate celebrates scoring their first goal Action Images via Reuters

Liverpool took a firm grip of their Champions League tie with Benfica as goals from Ibrahima Konate, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz earned them a 3-1 victory in Lisbon in their quarter-final first leg on Tuesday.

Konate opened the scoring with a close-range header from a corner and Mane extended Liverpool's lead from a Diaz assist 30 minutes into what was an one-sided first half, with Mohamed Salah, Diaz and Naby Keita all passing up great scoring chances.

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