Monterrey 1-2 Liverpool: Firmino stoppage-time strike seals Reds CWC final berth

Jurgen Klopp was forced to call on Sadio Mane and 

Roberto Firmino as Liverpool laboured against Monterrey, 

with the latter winning the game.

2019 Club World Cup

1 - 2

• Funes Mori (14')

• Keita (11')
• Firmino (91')

Match Report

Roberto Firmino came off the bench and scored a 91st-

minute goal to earn Liverpool a 2-1 win over Monterrey 

and a spot in the Club World Cup final.

Jurgen Klopp opted to name Firmino and Sadio Mane 

among the substitutes, while Jordan Henderson started 

at centre-back with Virgil van Dijk - one of the Reds' two 

first-team centre-backs in the squad - absent due to 

illness.

Liverpool looked like they would be able to cope without 

two of their electric front three when Naby Keita put 

them ahead in the 11th minute, but Rogelio Funes Mori – 

the twin brother of former Everton defender Ramiro – hit 

back three minutes later.

Klopp was forced to send on Mane and Firmino in a bid 

to avoid extra time and the Brazilian turned home fellow 

substitute Trent Alexander-Arnold's low cross six 

minutes after coming on to book a meeting with 

Flamengo on Saturday.

Match Events

11' GOAL! Monterrey 0-1 Liverpool (Keita)

The defender loses track of Keita as he runs around the 

back of him to get on the end of Salah's pass and fires 

his shot past Barovero from the middle of the box.

14' GOAL! Monterrey 1-1 Liverpool (Mori)

Liverpool are caught out from a set-piece as they don't 

clear their lines. It falls to Gallardo first and it's well-

saved by Alisson, but the ball rebounds to Funes Mori 

and he takes a touch before finding the bottom corner.

37' Excellent save from Alisson!

50' SAVE! Fine stop from Alisson

62' OFFSIDE! Origi scores but goal is disallowed

74' WHAT A CHANCE missed by Origi!

91' GOAL! Monterrey 1-2 Liverpool (Firmino)

It's a wonderful cross from Alexander-Arnold and 

Firmino gets ahead of Sanchez in the six-yard box to get 

on the end of it. He sidefoots his effort on target and 

Barovero can't get his hand to it in time to stop it finding 

the back of the net.

Line-ups

Monterrey XI: L. Vangioni, M. Barovero, N. Sánchez, D. 

Pabón, C. Ortiz, S. Medina, R. Funes Mori, R. Pizarro, J. 

Gallardo, C. Montes, C. Rodríguez

Subs: J. Basanta, J. Urretaviscaya, M. Layún, A. 

González, M. Meza, E. Gutiérrez, E. Reséndez, Á. 

Zaldívar, L. Cárdenas, J. Gónzalez, J. Vásquez, W. Mejía

Liverpool XI: Milner, Lallana, Henderson, Shaqiri, Alisson, 

Oxlade-Chamberlain, Salah, Origi, Robertson, Joe 

Gomez, Naby Keita

Subs: Lonergan, Adrian, Firmino, Mane, Alexander-

Arnold, Curtis Jones, N. Williams