Liverpool bin fight from two goals down to beat Villarreal 4-3 for Champions League, as Alexis Mac Allister score two and Rio Ngumoha give two assists. Di comeback keep Liverpool 100% record for di competition and na dia third successive win for all competitions.
Mac Allister tok say di game no easy and e praise Ngumoha say di young man bin amazing, make di difference and really important for di team. Ngumoha also tok say without di team playing well, e no go play well. E say e enjoy im night, and to get two assists and help di team collect three points na everything e fit ask for. At half-time, e say di gaffer tell dem to keep di mentality and keep fighting.
Andy Hunter report say Liverpool start tepid, but dem recover and deserve di result. Villarreal still give dem scare when Tani Oluwaseyi volley in a late third goal. Before di match, Andoni Iraola and Iñigo Pérez, two old Athletic Bilbao teammates, park dia long friendship as dem meet as managers.
Mac Allister explain say around 35 minutes into first half, dem make changes and e drop to di middle to keep more possession because dem no dey play well. E say di idea na to play more on di right and open up more, and for second half dem score di goals. On im goals, e say although e no tall, e love to enter box and attack di near post; e describe di second goal as amazing work from Ngumoha and say e dey always talk with am about cutting di ball back on di floor. On im contract, Mac Allister say wetin e talk before na about im feelings, di decision na dia own, e go do im best and dem go see wetin happen.
For another Champions League game, Phil Foden hit hat-trick as Manchester City dispatch AEK Athens in a businesslike manner. Di win get City campaign back on track after Paris Saint-Germain pummel dem. Rico Lewis, wey set up Foden second goal, tok say dem want put di Paris Saint-Germain loss right, and with di three points dem don put dia stamp down.
