the summary of Lille's defeat against Liverpool

With an invincibility of 21 matches in all competitions, Lille, reduced to ten shortly before the hour mark, was unable to do anything against Liverpool (2-1), Tuesday January 21, as part of the seventh day of the Champions League.

Before the last day, the Reds, still undefeated, are almost guaranteed to finish in first position in this league phase and will go directly to the 8^es of final. For Lille, on the other hand, everything remains to be done. With 13 points, the Mastiffs go down to 11^e provisional place before hosting Feyenoord Rotterdam on January 29.

What to remember

The Egyptian continues to walk on water this season. Scorer this evening and untenable on his wing, Mohamed Salah has 22 goals and 17 assists in all competitions. The Premier League's top scorer (18 goals), indisputable starter in Arne Slot's squad and at the end of his contract next June, could however leave Liverpool.

1-0, 34^e : Following a recovery by Liverpool left-back Kostas Tsimikas at the feet of LOSC center forward Jonathan David 40 meters from his goal, the Reds went on the counterattack. Curtis Jones launches Mohamed Salah in depth and despite an early exit, goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier can do nothing against the Egyptian, who opens his left foot and scores his 3^e goal in this European campaign.

1-1, 62e : Reduced to ten players, LOSC came back to score in an unexpected way. Jonathan David inherits the ball at the penalty corner on a strike from Haraldsson blocked by Tsimikas. His tense shot finds the center of the goal. The Canadian allows the Mastiffs to restart, despite the expulsion of Mandi.

2-1, 67e : Liverpool was quick to regain the lead. On a corner badly repelled by the Northerners, Harvey Elliott strikes from the left from 20 meters. A shot blocked by Lille midfielder Mukau, who unfortunately wrong-footed goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier.

The sentence. “We gave our all but it wasn’t enough. You have to bounce back and move on. We knew we had a series in progress and we tried to string together the matches without thinking about it” Jonathan David, speaking to Canal+, after Losc's defeat against Liverpool, which ended an unbeaten run of 11 matches in the league – the club's record.

On our sporting spectacle rating scale ranging from A to E, this evening's spectacle kept its promises: the Reds conquering, the Lille resisting, this meeting was pleasant if not spectacular. The Lille goal, unexpected in the 62nd minute, even made us envisage an improbable reversal… But in the end, in the Premier League as in the Champions League, it is Liverpool who wins.