/Midtjylland vs Liverpool LIVE: Result and reaction from Champions League fixture tonight

Midtjylland vs Liverpool LIVE: Result and reaction from Champions League fixture tonight

Liverpool travel to Midtjylland in their final Champions League group stage game having already clinched top spot in Group D ahead of the Danes, Ajax and Atalanta.

Despite the loss of Virgil van Dijk, the Reds are primed for another assault on the biggest club competition in the world, with the bookmakers placing them alongside Manchester City just behind the holders Bayern Munich as favourites. Follow all the live updates, analysis and reaction from the game below: 

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Midtjylland 1 – 1 Liverpool

90+5 mins: Clarkson carries the ball forward on the inside left for Liverpool before slotting it out wide to Robertson. He floats a cross into the six-yard box and Hansen plucks it out of the air. 

Michael Jones9 December 2020 19:48

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Midtjylland 1 – 1 Liverpool

90+2 mins: No goal! VAR says Mane headed the ball down onto his own arm so the goal can’t stand. There’s going to be at least eight minutes of added time to play.

Michael Jones9 December 2020 19:45

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Midtjylland 1 – 1 Liverpool

89 mins: We’ve got another one! Minamino has scored for Liverpool but it was ruled offside. Henderson whipped in a cross from the right, Mane headed it down and Minamino finished it. We’ll see what the verdict is. 

Michael Jones9 December 2020 19:43

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Midtjylland 1 – 1 Liverpool

87 mins: Midtjylland win a corner and deliver it into the centre of the box where Sviatchenko rises and wins the header. He sends it at goal but Kelleher dives to his right and pushes the ball away. 

Michael Jones9 December 2020 19:39

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Midtjylland 1 – 1 Liverpool

84 mins: Anderson and Diogo Jota collide, with the Midtjylland man catching Jota as he spun round with boot. He goes in the book.

Michael Jones9 December 2020 19:38

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Midtjylland 1 – 1 Liverpool

81 mins: Takumi Minamino heads a ball down inside the box for Mohamed Salah, who turns and scuffs a shot wide but he is offside anyway.

Michael Jones9 December 2020 19:36

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Midtjylland 1 – 1 Liverpool

78 mins: VAR took a long time to decide it but there’s an offside in the build up, from Kaba I think, and the goal doesn’t stand. 

Michael Jones9 December 2020 19:32

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Midtjylland 1 – 1 Liverpool

76 mins: Goal! or is it? A Midtjylland free kick is whipped into the box and Sviatchenko heads the ball to Scholz on the left. He cuts it back to Kaba who shoots and has the shot blocked. The loose ball falls to Scholz and he smashes it home.

Michael Jones9 December 2020 19:31

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Midtjylland 1 – 1 Liverpool

72 mins: Bobby Firmino comes on for Liverpool replacing Divock Origi. 

Michael Jones9 December 2020 19:26

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Midtjylland 1 – 1 Liverpool

69 mins: Liverpool have been under the pump in this half. Evander whips another corner into the box and Kelleher comes out to punch it clear. Salah collects and carries it forward. Paulinho lunges into a challenge on the halfway line and clips Salah but gets away with it. 

Michael Jones9 December 2020 19:23