Liverpool wins big, Leverkusen escapes defeat against "dark horse"

Mac Allister earned a penalty and converted it himself, opening the scoring for Liverpool in the 6th minute. Then, Darwin Nunez scored twice in the 25th and 45+3 minutes to help the away team gain a huge advantage after the first half.

After the break, Sparta Prague reduced the gap to 1-3 thanks to a Conor Bradley own goal. However, it only took Liverpool a few minutes to restore the 3-goal gap when Harvey Elliott assisted Luis Diaz to score.

Liverpool's 5-1 victory was sealed by Dominik Szoboszlai in the 90+3 minute with a skillful dribble and finish. Earlier, The Kop welcomed the return of Mohamed Salah from injury. The Egyptian star scored against Sparta Praha in the 84th minute, but was disallowed by VAR for offside.

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AS Roma beat Brighton 4-0. (Photo: Getty)

Leverkusen drew 2-2 with Qarabag. (Photo: Getty)

The match between AS Roma and Brighton was not as evenly matched as expected. AS Roma caused a surprise when they won 4-0, thereby turning coach Roberto De Zerbi's return to Italy into a nightmare. Paulo Dybala (12'), Romelu Lukaku (43'), Gianluca Mancini (64') and Bryan Cristante (68') were the ones who scored for the home team in this match.

The other Serie A representative, AC Milan, also won at home in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16. AC Milan defeated Slavia Praha 4-2, after playing with an extra man from the 26th minute because El Hadji Malick Diouf received a red card.

Dark horse Qarabag continued to surprise in the Europa League. The Azerbaijani team took a 2-0 lead against Leverkusen. However, coach Xabi Alonso's team escaped danger when Florian Wirtz and Patrik Schick came off the bench to equalize 2-2.

In the Conference League, the highlight match of the round of 16 between Ajax and Aston Villa ended in a 0-0 draw but each team received a red card. Ajax lost Tristan Gooijer and Ezri Konsa was sent off for Aston Villa.

The second leg of the Europa League and Conference League round of 16 will take place in the early morning of March 15, Vietnam time.