UEFA Champions League 2017/18: Liverpool 2-2 Sevilla, 5 talking points

Sevilla celebrate scoring the equaliser against Liverpool
Sevilla celebrate scoring the equaliser against Liverpool

#1 Sevilla win the battle of substitutions

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Luis Muriel added more guile to Sevilla's attack
Luis Muriel added more guile to Sevilla's attack

It was kind of surprising that Liverpool, who play a demanding style, didn’t make any change until the 76th minute when Coutinho came on for Emre Can. By that time, Sevilla had already equalised and had Klopp made a few changes earlier to preserve the freshness in the team, matters could have been different.

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Sevilla, on the other hand, planned theirs well. Ben Yedder didn’t have the best of games and the introduction of Muriel, who had pace and a bit of steel about him, pressed in the final third when Liverpool had the ball.

The forced introduction of Pablo Sarabia actually worked in Sevilla’s favour as he didn’t allow Moreno to be as adventurous as he was in the first half.

Despite their manager’s sending off, Sevilla’s subs managed to execute the game plan perfectly. Klopp and co. have much to ponder upon in the coming months.

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Edited by Shambhu Ajith
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