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Bekuwumdlalo omuhle kakhulu kwi-Liverpool ngesikhathi uMohamed Salah ephula amarekhodi e-Ibrox. Khonamanjalo e-Nou Camp, i-Barcelona ibuye kabili emzamweni wokuhlenga amathemba ayo okuhlungela.
Ngobusuku okungene ngawo amagoli angu-36, i-Liverpool ishaye ayisikhombisa ngemuva kwesiwombe sesibili okungenzeka kube yilokho kanye ebikudinga ukuze iqale isizini yayo.
Ngokushaya igoli kuqala kukaRangers e-Glasgow, uRoberto Firmino wenze kwaba ngu 1-1 ngaphambi kokuthi kuyiwe ekhefini ngaphambi kwamagoli ayisithupha akhiphe abalandeli basekhaya enkundleni.
UFirmino uthole igoli lesibili ngaphambi kwehora ngesikhathi uDarwin Nunez ethola ithuba lokushaya igoli ngaphambi kokuthi umdlali ohamba phambili uSalah ashaye igoli elishesha kakhulu emlandweni we-Champions League emizuzwini engaphezulu kweyisithupha.
Amagoli enze uSalah waba ngumshayimagoli ohamba phambili kuleli qembu laseNgilandi kulo mqhudelwano, edlula abadlali abafana noDidier Drogba kanye noSergio Aguero. UHarvey Elliott wenze kwaba ngu-7-1 njengoba iqembu likaJurgen Klopp lingena emdlalweni walo wangempelasonto libhekene neManchester City ngawo wonke umfutho.
E-Barcelona osokhaya baphumelele ukudlala ngokulingana ngo 3-3 bebhekene ne-Inter ngamagoli amabili kaRobert Lewandowski okulinganisa sekwedlule isikhathi ukubalekela ukukhishwa kulo mqhudelwano.
Iqembu likaSimone Inzhagi liyimele yonke ingcindezi abebeyinikwa osokhaya base beya phambili kabili ngamagoli kaNicolo Barella, uLautaro Martinez kanye noRobin Gosens. Lokhu kwenzeke ngemuva kokuthi u-Ousmane Dembele eshaye igoli kuqala phambi kwabalandeli.
Emizuzwini eyisishiyagalombili yokugcina bekuwumbukiso kaLewandowski, njengoba lo mgadli wase-Poland egcine iqembu lakhe lilandela i-Inter ngamaphuzu amathathu kusasele imidlalo emibili eqoqweni. I-Bayern Munich ikwazile ukungena emzuliswaneni olandelayo ngokuwina ngo 4-2 behlula iViktoria Plzen eqoqweni elilodwa.
Komunye umdlalo, iClub Brugge idlale ngokulingana ne-Atletico ngaphandle kwamagoli e-Madrid ukuze ivikele indawo yayo kwangu-16 ahamba phambili emlandweni wayo ngokudlala kahle kukaSimon Mignolet. I-Tottenham Hotspur iqhwakele eqoqweni layo ngokuwina ngo 3-2 ibhekene ne-Frankfurt.
Isithombe esingenhla: UMohamed Salah
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