UCL: Liverpool 2 - 0 Porto - Porto looked like a Middle-to-bottom Premier League side - Ex Liverpool Lawrenson's Analysis

Liverpool Guinean midfielder Naby Keita (right) opened scoring for the Reds and Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino (left) sealed the victory with the second - Carl Recine/Action/Reuters/TheGuardian

Liverpool should have scored more than two goals against Porto on Tuesday night but I don't think it will make any difference whatsoever to the outcome of the tie.


Porto looked, at best, like a middle-to-bottom Premier League side, and I did not see anything from them at Anfield that will worry Reds boss Jurgen Klopp for next week's second leg.

This was the quarter-final of the Champions League, when you are expecting to be up against the best teams in Europe, but Porto were a long way short of that kind of quality and it was a totally routine win for Liverpool.

Klopp's side played some good football at times and, with no injuries and hardly any drama or scares, it was just the kind of night that they wanted before they resume their Premier League title bid against Chelsea on Sunday.

They have got the best part of five days to recover and prepare for that game, and they have hardly had to strain themselves here in the first place. BBC Sport

Liverpool defeated Porto 2 - 0 at Anfield.