Full Time: Liverpool 4:3 Villarreal | 20 October 2026 | UEFA Champions League

Full time · Updated 23:22 SAST

Liverpool

4 – 3

Villarreal

Match Report

Liverpool secured a 4-3 victory over Villarreal.

The confirmed scorers were Georges Mikautadze for Villarreal (4′), Sergi Cardona for Villarreal (29′), Alexis Mac Allister for Liverpool (36′), Ronald Araújo for Liverpool (45’+2′), Alexis Mac Allister for Liverpool (65′), Florian Wirtz for Liverpool (68′), Tani Oluwaseyi for Villarreal (87′).

The half-time score was 2-2 before the second-half action completed the result.

Match timeline

1. 90’+4′

   Second Half ends, Liverpool 4, Villarreal 3.

2. 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.

3. 81′

   Substitution, Liverpool. James McConnell replaces Trey Nyoni.

4. 78′

   Substitution, Villarreal. Gerard Moreno replaces Santi Comesaña.

5. 74′

   Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Jérémy Jacquet.

6. 74′

   Substitution, Liverpool. Bradley Barcola replaces Rio Ngumoha.

7. 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.

8. 66′

   Substitution, Liverpool. Alexander Isak replaces Lewis Koumas.

9. 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.

10. 60′

    Substitution, Villarreal. Ayoze Pérez replaces Georges Mikautadze.

11. 60′

    Substitution, Villarreal. Alex Freeman replaces Tajon Buchanan.

12. 54′

    Substitution, Villarreal. Juan Foyth replaces Alberto Moleiro.

13. 45′

    Second Half begins Liverpool 2, Villarreal 2.

14. 45′

    Substitution, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi replaces Nathan Saliba.

15. 45′

    Substitution, Liverpool. Florian Wirtz replaces Ronald Araujo.

16. 45’+2′

    First Half ends, Liverpool 2, Villarreal 2.

17. 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.

18. 41′

    Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 27′

    Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

22. 4′

    Goal! Liverpool 0, Villarreal 1. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner.

23. First Half begins.

Starting lineups

Liverpool (4-2-3-1)

1. Alisson Becker
2. Virgil van Dijk
3. Jérémy Jacquet
4. Kostas Tsimikas
5. Ronald Araújo
6. Ryan Gravenberch
7. Trey Nyoni
8. Alexis Mac Allister
9. Lewis Koumas
10. Cody Gakpo
11. Rio Ngumoha

Villarreal (4-2-3-1)

1. Péter Gulácsi
2. Renato Veiga
3. Pau Navarro
4. Sergi Cardona
5. Santiago Mouriño
6. Nathan Saliba
7. Pape Gueye
8. Santi Comesaña
9. Georges Mikautadze
10. Alberto Moleiro
11. Tajon Buchanan

Match statistics

Liverpool Statistic Villarreal 52.5 Possession 47.5 22 Shots 14 7 On target 5 8 Corners 2 12 Fouls 10 0 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0

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