Liverpool takes 3-1 first-leg lead over Benfica after late Luis Diaz strike from its host, Benfica in the match that brought them together at Al-Nour stadium, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Champions League for the current season 2021-2022, to put the Reds ahead in the semi-finals.Liverpool has set a club record after they dispatched Portuguese giants Benfica on Tuesday evening Liverpool hat-trick was scored by Ibrahim Konate, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz, in the 17th, 34th and 88th minutes, while Darwin Nunez scored Benfica's only goal in the 49th minute. Opta Data , which specializes in monitoring, analyses, and distributed using a bespoke system that allows Stats Perform to provide data quickly, stated that Liverpool won its 8th  consecutive victory away from home in various competitions, what is happening for the first time in its history. Victory in Portugal was the club's fifth successive away win in this season's Champions League. It is only the second time Liverpool have achieved the feat in Europe, having last done so under former manager Joe Fagan between 1983 and 1984.

Man City run out 1-0 winners on the night, and thoroughly deserve to. It could have been 2-0 or 3-0. Phil Foden set up Kevin De Bruyne for a crucial goal as Manchester City beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 in their Champions League quarterfinal first leg on Tuesday night at the Etihad Stadium. Kevin De Bruyne scored the only goal to give Manchester City a 1-0 wins over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday. After a tight 70 minutes, City finally found its way through Atletico's tough rearguard helped by Phil Foden's vision. The Rojiblancos star expects his old comrade to face a "strange" homecoming when he returns to Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, April 13th. The two-game winning streak hopes to encounter Real Madrid or Chelsea in the semi-finals, and it will undoubtedly be a fiery battle. Manchester City squad was as follows: 

Liverpool took control of their Champions League quarter-final against Benfica with a 3-1 victory in Portugal on Tuesday night, setting a new club record in the process in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League at Al-Nour Stadium. Ibrahima Konate scored the first goal for the Reds in the 17th minute through a wonderful header. This is the first goal in the Champions League for Konate. Later, the Senegalese star Sadio Mane added the second goal in the 34th minute via a wonderful assist from Luis Diaz. Darwin Nunez managed to reduce the difference by scoring Benfica's only goal in the 49th minute. Three minutes prior the end of the match, Luis Diaz scored Liverpool's third goal. Benfica squad: Goalkeepers: Vlacodemos  Defenders: Gilberto - Nicolas Otamendi - Jan Vertonghen - Alejandro Grimaldo  Midfielders: Rafa Silva - Adel Taarabt - Julian Weigl - Everton  Forwards: Ramos - Darwin Nunez. Liverpool’s squad in the game was as follows: Goalkeeper: Alisson Becker

Spanish press reports revealed Real Madrid 23-man travelling squad for the Champions League quarter-final first-leg match against Chelsea with three players missing. Press reports revealed the absence of Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti from the team's mission, which will fly to London on Tuesday, in preparation for facing the Chelsea team, scheduled for tomorrow evening, Wednesday, in the first leg of the 2022 Champions League quarter-finals. the Spanish newspaper, “AS”, stated that Ancelotti will not be part of the Real Madrid mission to England, due to the continued positivity of the last Corona smear that he recently underwent. Real Madrid are reportedly sweating over manager Carlo Ancelotti’s welfare, with the Italian apparently a doubt over their Champions League clash with Chelsea on Wednesday evening. The former Blues boss missed out on Los Blancos’ 2-1 victory against Celta Vigo at the weekend having tested positive for Covid-19. Real Madrid announced last week that its veteran Italian coach, Ancelotti, had contracted the Corona virus, and he missed leading the team during the match against Celta Vigo in the Spanish League last Saturday evening, which Real Madrid decided by 2-1. Ancelotti has only ever taken on his former side on three occasions - all three clashes coming during his stint back in the Premier League with Everton. He lost the first game 4-0 at Stamford Bridge before securing a memorable 1-0 victory at Goodison Park. The last game again ended in favour of the Blues with an own-goal from Ben Godfrey and a Jorginho penalty securing maximum points. The absence of Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti from the team's mission, which will fly to London today, Tuesday, in preparation for facing the Chelsea team, scheduled for tomorrow evening, Wednesday, in the first leg of the 2022 Champions League quarter-finals.

English press reports revealed that Ghana are trying to persuade Callum Hudson-Odoi and Tariq Lamptey to represent them in the World Cup English press reports revealed that Ghana Football Association (GFA) are trying to persuade Chelsea star Callum Hudson-Odoi and former Vlyes starlet Tariq Lamptey to switch allegiances and represent them in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Ghana desires to obtain several talents in the English Premier League with Ghanaian origins, in order to persuade them to participate with the team in the Qatar World Cup. According to UK (The Daily Mail), Ghana are trying to persuade Chelsea star Callum Hudson-Odoi and former Vlyes starlet Tariq Lamptey to switch allegiances and represent them in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The newspaper added that the 21-year-old blues player started the steps to obtain a Ghanaian passport, in order to join the ranks of the Black Stars in the upcoming World Cup. Ghana secured their spot in Qatar by beating Nigeria on away goals in the World Cup qualifiers. This has prompted them to try and move for two out-of-favor English nationalities that are eligible to represent Ghana to convince them to make the switc

Arab club stars dominated the best formation in the sixth and final round of the African Champions’ League group stage, which concluded its competitions last Sunday evening. The African Champions' League is entering its final phases, and, for the first in time in African Champions' League history, Arab teams’ players in the competition's semi-finals are still dominating the brilliant stars squad from different Arab North African countries, which wrapped-up last Sunday. Mamelodi Sundowns and Al-Ahly (Group I), Raja Sportive, ES Setif (Group Two), Esperance of Tunisia, CR Belouizdad (Group C), Wydad, Petro Atlético (Group D), all went through after difficult knock-out double-headers in the quarters. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed the ideal squad for the last round of the group stage of the African Champions League, which witnessed the presence of 8 players from Arab clubs.

Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema revealed the scenes of the historical Real Madrid remontada'd PSG in 30 swift minutes in the Bernabeu in the second leg of the 16th round of the European Champions League, and achieved a 3-1 victory. In a lengthy interview with L’Équipe, Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema discussed a host of topics, and notably the Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain in which he scored a hat-trick to turn the tie on its head. In the interview, the 35-year-old expressed that Paris Saint-Germain collapsed mentally, saying that this situation was happening to the team in previous years. He added, “So the secret against PSG is to press them. The matches they’ve lost in Ligue 1 are the ones where they’re being pressed from all sides. And then when we scored, they told themselves they’d lost the game, even though it was only 1-1… that often happens to them, they give up mentally." In the interview Benzema expressed his desire to play with Mbappé under the same club colors. The two players have been side by side for almost a year at the national team level, but now Benzema wants that to occur with Real Madri

Arsenal suffered a humiliating 3-0 defeat at Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Selhurst Park on Monday. Arsenal's bid to finish in the Premier League's top four suffered a significant setback as Crystal Palace swept to an impressive win. Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta celebrates scoring against Arsenal when Palace took the lead in the 16th minute. Then Jordan Ayew scored the second goal for the home team and the crowd in the 24th minute, before Wilfried Zaha concluded the hat-trick from a penalty kicks in the 74th minute of the match.  Arsenal squad for the Crystal Palace clash:  Goalkeeper: Aaron Ramsdale Defenders: Nuno, Gabriel Magalhaes, Ben White, Cedric Soares Midfielders: Granit Xhaka, Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard

AC Milan have missed the chance at home and among its fans to move three points clear at the top of Serie A after being held to a 0-0 draw by Bologna. The result left Milan just one point ahead of second-place Napoli with seven matches remaining.AC Milan lead Serie A by a single point after failing to get past mid-table Bologna on Monday, a goalless draw allowing their title rivals to close the gap at the encounter hosted by at San Siro stadium, the stronghold of the Rossoneri. Milan moves to 67 points ahead of Napoli on 66 with seven games to play in pursuit of their first Scudetto since 2011, while Bologna comes in twelfth place with 34 points. "Opta", the sports data powers sports experiences across all media types, reported that Bologna clash is coach Stefano Pioli makes his 100th Serie A appearance on the Milan bench and has already achieved a club record in the three points, as he led the Rossoneri to achieve 60 wins, 22 draws and 17 losses. Pioli amassed 202 points in 99 league matches, making him the Milan coach with the highest average points in this competition during the three points for a win era, therefore since the 1994-95 campaign.