Liverpool vs Villarreal, 2026-27 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

Mac Allister, Ngumoha lead Liverpool rally to stay perfect in UCL

Teenage winger Rio Ngumoha announced himself to the Champions League as Liverpool extended their 100% record the hard way as they came from two goals down to beat Villarreal 4-3.

• 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• 0': First Half begins.
• 3': Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 3': Foul by Nathan Saliba (Villarreal).
• 4': Goal! Liverpool 0, Villarreal 1. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner.
• 6': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
• 6': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 8': Attempt blocked. Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
• 8': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
• 8': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 9': Foul by Trey Nyoni (Liverpool).
• 9': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 10': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 10': Foul by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
• 11': Foul by Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool).
• 11': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 13': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 13': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
• 15': Attempt blocked. Nathan Saliba (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Mouriño.
• 15': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Trey Nyoni.
• 20': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
• 20': Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Péter Gulácsi.
• 22': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.
• 22': Attempt blocked. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pape Gueye.
• 23': Attempt saved. Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Péter Gulácsi (Villarreal). Assisted by Trey Nyoni.
• 24': Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 24': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
• 25': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 25': Foul by Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool).
• 27': Attempt blocked. Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
• 27': Attempt blocked. Nathan Saliba (Villarreal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
• 27': Foul by Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal).
• 27': Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 27': Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 29': Goal! Liverpool 0, Villarreal 2. Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nathan Saliba with a through ball following a fast break.
• 31': Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 31': Foul by Trey Nyoni (Liverpool).
• 32': Attempt missed. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Santi Comesaña.
• 34': Offside, Villarreal. Santi Comesaña is caught offside.
• 35': Offside, Villarreal. Tajon Buchanan is caught offside.
• 35': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Renato Veiga.
• 36': Goal! Liverpool 1, Villarreal 2. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.
• 37': Foul by Nathan Saliba (Villarreal).
• 37': Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 39': Attempt missed. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Trey Nyoni.
• 39': Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 39': Foul by Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool).
• 40': Attempt saved. Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Tajon Buchanan.
• 40': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Alisson Becker.
• 41': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
• 41': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 41': Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 42': Attempt missed. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
• 43': Foul by Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal).
• 43': Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 44': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas.
• 45'+1': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Pau Navarro.
• 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
• 45'+2': Goal! Liverpool 2, Villarreal 2. Ronald Araujo (Liverpool) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rio Ngumoha following a corner.
• 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 2, Villarreal 2.
• 45': Substitution, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi replaces Nathan Saliba.
• 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 2, Villarreal 2.
• 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Florian Wirtz replaces Ronald Araujo.
• 48': Attempt missed. Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rio Ngumoha.
• 48': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Péter Gulácsi.
• 48': Attempt missed. Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
• 50': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
• 52': Handball by Florian Wirtz (Liverpool).
• 53': Attempt saved. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Péter Gulácsi (Villarreal). Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
• 53': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tani Oluwaseyi.
• 54': Substitution, Villarreal. Juan Foyth replaces Alberto Moleiro.
• 54': Foul by Sergi Cardona (Villarreal).
• 54': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 55': Foul by Juan Foyth (Villarreal).
• 55': Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 57': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Péter Gulácsi (Villarreal). Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas.
• 57': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
• 58': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 58': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Pape Gueye.
• 60': Substitution, Villarreal. Alex Freeman replaces Tajon Buchanan.
• 60': Substitution, Villarreal. Ayoze Pérez replaces Georges Mikautadze.
• 61': Attempt missed. Trey Nyoni (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
• 61': Attempt blocked. Tani Oluwaseyi (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Mouriño.
• 62': Foul by Juan Foyth (Villarreal).
• 62': Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 64': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk.
• 65': Goal! Liverpool 3, Villarreal 2. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Rio Ngumoha.
• 66': Substitution, Liverpool. Alexander Isak replaces Lewis Koumas.
• 68': Goal! Liverpool 4, Villarreal 2. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cody Gakpo following a fast break.
• 71': Attempt missed. Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
• 72': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
• 72': Attempt saved. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
• 73': Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 73': Offside, Villarreal. Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.
• 74': Substitution, Liverpool. Bradley Barcola replaces Rio Ngumoha.
• 74': Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Jérémy Jacquet.
• 75': Attempt missed. Alexander Isak (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
• 78': Substitution, Villarreal. Gerard Moreno replaces Santi Comesaña.
• 80': Foul by Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal).
• 80': Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 81': Substitution, Liverpool. James McConnell replaces Trey Nyoni.
• 83': Pape Gueye (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 83': Foul by James McConnell (Liverpool).
• 83': Offside, Villarreal. Santiago Mouriño is caught offside.
• 85': Attempt missed. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
• 86': Offside, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo is caught offside.
• 87': Goal! Liverpool 4, Villarreal 3. Tani Oluwaseyi (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez with a cross.
• 90': Attempt blocked. Alexander Isak (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
• 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
• 90'+2': Offside, Liverpool. Alexander Isak is caught offside.
• 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tani Oluwaseyi.
• 90'+3': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Santiago Mouriño.
• 90'+4': Second Half ends, Liverpool 4, Villarreal 3.
• 0': Match ends, Liverpool 4, Villarreal 3.