Liverpool take 3-1 first-leg lead over Benfica after late Luis Diaz strike

Benfica v Liverpool – UEFA Champions League – Quarter Final – First Leg – Estadio da Luz
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Winger Luis Diaz marked his return to Portugal with the crucial late goal which gave Liverpool a 3-1 lead over Benfica to take back to Anfield for their Champions League quarter-final second leg.

The former Porto star, signed in January, was booed relentlessly but he responded perfectly in the 87th minute to spare the blushes of Ibrahima Konate, whose mistake just over half an hour after scoring his first goal for the club had gifted the hosts a goal they had barely deserved.

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