By Canadian Press

Klopp’s Liverpool wins 3-1 in Munich to knock Bayern out

Mar 13, 2019 | 4:59 PM

MUNICH — Sadio Mane scored twice to send Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool into the Champions League quarterfinals with a 3-1 win at Bayern Munich in the second leg of the last-16 on Wednesday.

Mane opened the scoring with a delicate finish in the 26th minute and added Liverpool’s third in the 84th by heading in Mohamed Salah’s cross as Bayern desperately sought a way back into the game.

Serge Gnabry had forced an own goal from Joel Matip to equalize in the 39th, but Liverpool went ahead again through a corner when Virgil Van Dijk met James Milner’s cross with a thumping header in the 69th.

Liverpool advanced 3-1 on aggregate after a scoreless first leg, putting four English teams into the quarterfinals for the first time since 2009. Manchester United, Tottenham and Manchester City also advanced.

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It’s the first time since 2006 that there will be no German team among the last eight.

“We deserved to lose today. Liverpool was the better team in two games. Today we were shown our limits,” said Bayern coach Niko Kovac, whose side claimed the Bundesliga lead at the weekend.

Klopp, who previously coached Bayern’s old foe Borussia Dortmund, led the away fans’ celebrations after the final whistle.

Also Wednesday, Barcelona defeated Lyon 5-1 at home to progress.

Bayern had lost only one of its previous 18 competitive games and was confident of finishing the job against Liverpool after racking up 12 goals in the three games it played since their draw.

But the side failed to really threaten Alisson Becker’s goal, even after Liverpool lost its captain Jordan Henderson with an apparent ankle injury in the 13th. Fabinho came on to replace the midfielder.

Liverpool started slowly until a mistake from Manuel Neuer in his 100th game in the competition led to the opener. The Bayern ‘keeper rushed out of goal and Mane turned to elude him and defender Rafinha before chipping the ball into the unguarded net.

Matip’s own goal got Bayern back in the game, but this time there was no heroic comeback. Bayern came from two goals down against Juventus at the same stage to win 4-2 three years ago.

Lewandowski went close but remained frustrated as he went scoreless for the seventh successive Champions League knockout game.

Salah, five games without a goal since the draw with Bayern, also finished without scoring, but he did provide the cross for Mane to seal it.

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Ciaran Fahey, The Associated Press