Liverpool v Villarreal: Champions League

Liverpool's Ronald Araujo heads home to restore parity on the stroke of half-time. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

48 min: Nothing comes of the corner. Ngumoha is still fuming a bit. You can hardly blame him.

Half-time postbag. “Liverpool push up with all the speed and intensity of a World War I general nudging his model soldiers across a table top French field. And, unsurprisingly, they similarly get caught in no man’s land” – Niall Mullen

“How is it 2-2? But I’m here for it” – Stuart Wright

“In this of all matches I admire your commitment to the diacritics, sir. As a dire critic myself it speaks volumes of your dedication to the lingüística” = Ian Copestake

Cue the celebrations. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

Sergi Cardona slots home to double Villarreal’s lead. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Much to Alisson’s chagrin. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

Cardona is happy after scoring, the Anfield crowd, less so. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

Virgil van Dijk attempts the ball back to his goalkeeper Allison but he doesn’t see the loitering Georges Mikautadze … Photograph: Steve Flynn/Every Second Media/Shutterstock

Who fires his shot past Liverpool keeper Alisson and into the net to give the visitors an early lead. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

Mikautadze (right) celebrates his goal with Alberto Moleiro. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Liverpool make six changes to their starting XI following the 2-1 win at Brentford. Ryan Gravenberch returns after his Premier League suspension, while Cody Gakpo is back from injury. Kostas Tsimikas, Trey Nyoni, Lewis Koumas and Rio Ngumoha also step up. Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak, Bradley Barcola and Milos Kerkez drop to the bench, while Dominik Szoboszlai and Víctor Muñoz are injured.

Liverpool: Alisson, Araujo, Jacquet, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Nyoni, Mac Allister, Ngumoha, Koumas, Gakpo.
Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Kerkez, Wirtz, Isak, Barcola, Laffey, Chambers, McConnell, Danns.

Villarreal: Gulacsi, Mourino, Navarro, Veiga, Cardona, Saliba, Gueye, Buchanan, Comesana, Moleiro, Mikautadze.
Subs: Junior, Costa, Freeman, Diatta, Gerard, Foyth, Akhomach, Macia, Oluwaseyi, Perez, El Jmili, Gaitan Diaz.

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