Europa League Final: Sevilla 3 Liverpool 1

Liverpool went into the break a goal up from Sturridge (35) but Sevilla came back to score after 46 minutes (Gameiro) and Coke (64, 70), to chalk up its fifth victory in the Europa League.

How they got there

Sevilla FC 3 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 First leg 2-2  Aggregate: Sevilla 5-3

Gameiro 9, 47             Eduardo 44

Mariano Ferreira 59

No doubt about this game, Sevilla was the more savvy of the two sides, winning 3-1 in a game in which the visitors saw more of the ball (52 to 48%). But Sevilla had 12 shots (to 9) and saw 4 shots saved (to the visitors' 2).

Liverpool FC 3 Villarreal 0   First leg 0-1   Aggregate: Liverpool 3-1

Bruno Soriano 7 (o.g.)

Sturridge 63  Lallana 81

Three goals to nil, ball possession of 57 per cent against 43, 24 shots to 6, 12 on target against 2, 4 shots saved against 2, 11 corners against 3...the stats say it all and that is why Klopp's Liverpool is in the Europa League final.

First Legs

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Sevilla FC 2

Marlos 23                 Vitolo 6

Stepanenko 36         Gameiro 82 (pen)

The perfect sandwich. Sevilla opened, the home side reacted and went into the break ahead, held on until the last ten minutes, then the visitors came back with a penalty.Seville had slightly more of the ball (53% to 47%) but the home team had more shots (13 to 9), both with 4 on target. Shakhtar had 4 shots saved, Sevilla had 3.

Villarreal 1 Liverpool FC 0

Adrián López 90+2

The cruelest of results against Liverpool, as the timing of the goal shows. Liverpool had 13 shots (against 9) and saw 5 attempts blocked (against Villarreal's 2), although the home side saw a shot off the woodwork

Quarter-finals

Twenty goals scored in regular time, Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao going all the way into the second half of extra time before Sevilla took it 5-4 on penalties. Liverpool and Dortmund put on a seven-goal thriller, Liverpool entering the semi-finals with an aggregate of 5-4.

 

Shakhtar Donetsk 4  Sporting Braga 0 (First leg 2-1) Aggregate Shakhtar 6-1

Sparta Praha 2 Villarreal 4 (First leg 1-2)  Aggregate Villarreal 3-6

Sevilla 1 Athletic Bilbao 2 (First leg 2-1) Aggregate 3-3 aet Sevilla 5-4 penalties

Liverpool FC 4 Dortmund 3 First leg 1-1) Aggregate Liverpool 5-4

 

First Legs

 

Braga 1                         Shakhtar Donetsk 2

                                     Rakitskiy 45, Ferreyra 75

Wilson Eduardo 89

 

 

Villarreal 2                Sparta Praha 1

Bakambu 3, 63          Brabec 45+4

 

 

Athletic 1             Sevilla 2

Aritz Aduriz 48    Kolodziejczak 56, Iborra 83

 

 

Dortmund 1    Liverpool FC 1

Hummels 48   Origi 36

 

Second Legs to be played on April 14

 

 

There are three Spanish teams in the last eight, one each from Ukraine, England, Portugal, Germany and the Czech Republic

 

Last sixteen

Anderlecht 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 Agg. 1-4

Sevilla 3 Basel 0 Agg. 3-0

Tottenham 1 Dortmund 2 Agg.1-5 

Sporting de Braga 4 Fenerbahçe 1 Agg. 4-2  

Leverkusen 0 Villarreal 0 Agg. 0-2  

Valencia 2 Athletic Bilbao 1 Agg. 2-2 Bilbao passes on away goals

Manchester United 1 Liverpool 1 Agg. 1-3 

Lazio 0 Sparta Praha 3 Agg. 1-4 

  

Europa League Games on March 10

 

Shakhtar Donetsk 3  Anderlecht 1

Basel 0  Sevilla 0

Dortmund 3  Tottenham 0

Fenerbahçe 1  Sporting de Braga 0

Villarreal 2  Leverkusen 0

Athletic Bilbao 1 Valencia 0

Liverpool 2  Manchester United 0

Sparta Praha 1  Lazio 1

 

Last 32

Fenerbahçe (Turkey) 1 Lokomotiv Moskva (Russia) 0

  

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Anderlecht (Belgium) 1 Olympiacos (Greece) 0

Midtjylland (Denmark) 2 Manchester United (England) 1

Fiorentina (Italy) 1 Tottenham Hotspur (England) 1

Dortmund (Germany) 2 FC Porto (Portugal) 0

Villarreal (Spain) 1 Napoli (Italy) 0

Saint-Étienne (France) 3 Basel (Switzerland) 2

Sevilla (Spain) 3 Molde (Norway) 0

Sporting CP (Portugal) 0 Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 1

Valencia (Spain) 6 Rapid Wien (Austria) 0

Augsburg (Germany) 0 Liverpool FC (England) 0

Sparta Praha (Czech Republic) 1 Krasnodar FC (Russia) 0

Galatasaray (Turkey) 1 Lazio (Italy) 1

Sion (Switzerland) 1 Sporting de Braga (Portugal) 2

Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 0 Schalke (Germany) 0

Marseille (France) 0 Athletic Bilbao (Spain) 1

 

Europa League Second Leg and aggregate

 

Lokomotiv Moskva (Russia) 1 Fenerbahçe (Turkey) 1 (agg. 1-2)

Olympiacos (Greece) 1 Anderlecht (Belgium) 2 (agg. 1-3)

Manchester United (England) 5 Midtjylland (Denmark) 1 (agg.6-3)

Tottenham Hotspur (England) 3 Fiorentina (Italy) 0 (agg.4-1)

FC Porto (Portugal) 0 Dortmund (Germany) 1 (agg.0-3)

Napoli (Italy) 1 Villarreal (Spain) 1 (agg.1-2)

Basel (Switzerland) 2 Saint-Étienne (France) 1 (agg.4-4 Basel away goals)

Molde (Norway) 01 Sevilla (Spain) 0 (agg.1 - 3)

Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 3 Sporting CP (Portugal) 1 (agg.4-1)

Rapid Wien (Austria) 0 Valencia (Spain) 4 (agg.0-10)

Liverpool FC (England) 1 Augsburg Germany) 0 (agg.1-0)

Krasnodar FC (Russia) 0 Sparta Praha (Czech Republic) 3 (agg.0-4)

Lazio (Italy) 3 Galatasaray (Turkey) 1 (agg.4 - 2)

Schalke (Germany) 0 Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 3

Athletic Bilbao (Spain) 1 Marseille (France) 1 (agg.2-1)

Sporting de Braga (Portugal) 2 Sion (Switzerland) 2 (agg.4-3)