Liverpool are ahead at the halfway stage of their Champions League quarter-final with Benfica after winning the first leg 3-1 in Lisbon.
Ibrahima Konate’s first goal for the club – a clinical 17th-minute header – was followed by a Sadio Mane strike to round off a scintillating passage of play during a purring opening half for the Reds at Estadio da Luz on Tuesday night.
The Portuguese outfit swiftly clipped the visitors’ ascendancy after the interval, though, as Darwin Nunez tucked in a low curler on 49 minutes.
But Jürgen Klopp’s side held off increasing pressure from Benfica and netted again late on through Luis Diaz to ensure they will hold an advantage come next Wednesday’s return clash at Anfield.