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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 25213012" data-attributes="member: 158020">Liverpool 2-3 Atletico Madrid (2-4 agg): Holders eliminated by Llorente's extra-time strikes<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/03/11/22/25858556-8101403-image-a-70_1583965063853.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Substitute Marcos Llorente scored two extra-time goals as Atletico  Madrid earned a 3-2 second-leg win to knock out holders Liverpool and  advance to the Champions League quarter-finals 4-2 on aggregate.Jurgen  Klopp's defending European champions trailed 1-0 from last  month's  first leg in Madrid but levelled up the tie through Georginio   Wijnaldum's header two minutes before half-time in Wednesday's dramatic   match.Inspired Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak made a string of  saves either  side of Wijnaldum's breakthrough goal and Andy Robertson  headed against  the crossbar as the contest went the distance at Anfield.Roberto Firmino put Liverpool ahead in the tie for the first time  with a  goal early in extra time, but Llorente - brought on in the second  half  - capitalised on an Adrian error to swing the game back in  Atleti's  favour and added a second eight minutes later.Alvaro  Morata applied gloss to the scoreline in the waning seconds of  extra  time, sending coach Diego Simeone sprinting down the touchline in   delirious scenes from the visiting side and their travelling  supporters.Diego Costa wasted a glorious chance to extend Atletico's aggregate   lead when firing wide with only Adrian - in for the injured Alisson - to   beat after just 13 seconds.Liverpool, who failed to register a  single shot on target in the first  leg, recovered from that early scare  and tested Oblak for the first  time through Wijnaldum's fifth-minute  header.Oblak was also needed to keep out Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain,  Sadio Mane  and Roberto Firmino as Liverpool desperately chased a goal  to level up  the tie. And the all-important breakthrough arrived  shortly before the interval  as Wijnaldum guided Oxlade-Chamberlain's  cross into the ground and away  from Oblak. Liverpool did not take  their foot off the gas but were denied by a  series of saves from Oblak,  including impressive stops to again  frustrate Oxlade-Chamberlain and  Firmino.Adrian reacted well to thwart Angel Correa but Liverpool  soon turned up  the heat as Robertson headed against the woodwork after  Mohamed  Salah's shoot looped into the air.Atletico thought they  had won the game in the 93rd minute, only for  Saul to rightly be flagged  for offside, and they found themselves  behind early in extra time -  Firmino heading against the post with his  first effort before converting  the rebound.But Adrian's hacked clearance soon after proved  costly as Llorente sent  the ball out of the stand-in keeper's reach, and  the midfielder jinked  inside Jordan Henderson to curl home from 20  yards for his second.And with Liverpool pushing for the two goals  they needed to progress,  Morata took advantage of some space at the  back and yet more  questionable goalkeeping from Adrian to add a late  third.</blockquote>

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