Mohamed Salah back among goals as Liverpool roar past Qarabag into last 16

萨拉赫重返进球行列 利物浦横扫卡拉巴赫晋级欧战十六强

Liverpool are having to stomach “a very bad cocktail” in the Premier League of wasted chances and cheap goals conceded, according to Arne Slot. To extend the mixologist’s analogy, his team are enjoying life with a few margaritas in the Champions League.

Slot’s side cruised into the last 16 for the second successive season with a demolition of Qarabag at Anfield. Mohamed Salah was among the goalscorers for the first time since accusing Liverpool of throwing him under the bus, while Alexis Mac Allister, Florian Wirtz, the potent Hugo Ekitiké and substitute Federico Chiesa were also on the scoresheet.

The biggest victory of his Liverpool reign plus a clean sheet were the perfect tonic for Slot following defeat at Bournemouth. Avoiding next month’s two-legged playoff is an added bonus given his mounting injury problems. Six wins out of eight in the Champions League group, including against both Madrid clubs and Inter, serve as a reminder of the pedigree that Liverpool possess but have failed to show consistently in their troubled title defence.

“We’re happy to be going straight into the last 16, especially as only two years ago we were playing in the Europa League and went out in the quarter-finals to Atalanta,” said Slot, whose team will play either Juventus, Atlético Madrid, Galatasaray or Club Brugge in the last 16. “Now we are two seasons running in the top eight of the Champions League and we are hungry for more this season.”

Slot’s night did not get off to the best start. Already shorn of defensive options and needing Ryan Gravenberch to deputise for Ibrahima Konaté in central defence, Liverpool lost Jeremie Frimpong to injury in the second minute. The full-back pulled up while pursuing a Qarabag clearance down his right flank. Credit to the visiting captain, Abdellah Zoubir, for putting the ball out of play immediately for the full-back to receive treatment. Frimpong has previously sustained two hamstring injuries during his debut season at Anfield and was distraught when limping off. Slot could only confirm this was a muscle injury.

The thought went to Slot’s pre-match press conference, when he defended withdrawing Frimpong against Bournemouth on the basis the Netherlands international was tired and his workload needed managing carefully. “If people knew the struggles we and I are facing, they would be more understanding of the decisions I make,” the head coach had said.

Frimpong’s exit and Wataru Endo’s arrival left Liverpool with a back four comprising two defenders and two midfielders. Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson and Milos Kerkez were the only fit, recognised defenders available to Slot although he is hopeful Konaté will return from compassionate leave against Newcastle on Saturday. Joe Gomez could also be back from a hip problem.

Liverpool ensured the disruption had no immediate impact with two goals in quick succession against willing but limited opponents who, thanks to results elsewhere, qualified for the playoffs. Slot’s team took the lead from a set piece, much to his delight. Dominik Szoboszlai’s corner flicked off the defender Kevin Medina and was met at the back post by Van Dijk. His header bounced up for Mac Allister to nod over the line before Mateusz Kochalski could claw clear.

It was soon two when Ekitiké held up Robertson’s ball and spun away from two Qarabag players before squaring inside to Wirtz. A chasm opened up in the middle of the visitors’ defence, giving the Germany international time and space to pick his spot in the bottom corner.

There was no let-up for Qarabag after the interval. In a role reversal of their free-kick routine at Bournemouth, Szoboszlai back-heeled the ball for Salah to sweep a similarly emphatic finish into the top corner. It was the Egypt international’s 49th goal in the Champions League, his first in any competition for Liverpool since 1 November and, notably, his first since that interview at Leeds. Salah pointedly marked the moment by facing the Kop and thumping the Liver bird on his chest.

Ekitiké got the goal his performance deserved when beating one Qarabag central defender after the other to a long clearance out of the Liverpool penalty area. Having sprinted away from both Bahlul Mustafazade and Medina, the striker swept a clinical finish past their goalkeeper.

The visitors’ display was by now disintegrating and Mac Allister claimed his second goal of the night when Matheus Silva sliced a Szoboszlai pass into the path of the Argentina midfielder. Mac Allister duly waltzed around Kochalski and tapped into an empty net. Chiesa completed the rout when Van Dijk surged out of defence and found the Italian striker in space inside the area.

“If we improve in both boxes it is going to be very hard for any team to play against us,” Slot said. “But one game is not enough. We have to do it more often.”

核心单词解析

1. stomach

含义：v. 忍受；承受；n. 胃；腹部

例句：Liverpool have to stomach a series of poor results in the Premier League this season.

翻译：利物浦本赛季不得不忍受英超赛场上的一系列糟糕战绩。

2. demolition

含义：n. 大胜；摧毁；拆除

例句：Liverpool secured a brilliant demolition of Qarabag at Anfield to reach the Champions League last 16.

翻译：利物浦在安菲尔德大胜卡拉巴赫，顺利晋级欧冠 16 强。

3. tonic

含义：n. 慰藉；补剂；兴奋剂；adj. 滋补的

例句：The big Champions League win was the perfect tonic for Liverpool after their Premier League defeat.

翻译：这场欧冠大胜，是利物浦在英超失利后最完美的一剂慰藉。

4. pedigree

含义：n. 底蕴；血统；履历

例句：The victory reminded people of the great European pedigree that Liverpool possess.

翻译：这场胜利让人们想起了利物浦深厚的欧战底蕴。

5. deputise

含义：v. 代理；替代（亦作 deputize）

例句：Ryan Gravenberch had to deputise for the injured Ibrahima Konaté in central defence.

翻译：瑞安・赫拉芬贝赫不得不顶替受伤的易卜拉希马・科纳特出任中卫。

6. distraught

含义：adj. 心烦意乱的；焦急万分的；崩溃的

例句：Jeremie Frimpong was distraught when he limped off with a muscle injury early in the game.

翻译：杰里米・弗林蓬因肌肉拉伤早早一瘸一拐离场，神情十分崩溃。

7. disruption

含义：n. 混乱；中断；干扰

例句：Liverpool ensured the early injury disruption had no immediate impact on their performance.

翻译：利物浦确保了开局的伤病干扰没有对球队表现造成即时影响。

8. chasm

含义：n. 缺口；裂缝；隔阂（文中指防守空档）

例句：A huge chasm opened up in Qarabag's defence, giving Wirtz the chance to score.

翻译：卡拉巴赫的后防出现了巨大空档，为维尔茨创造了进球机会。

9. disintegrating

含义：v. 瓦解；崩溃；碎裂（disintegrate 的现在分词）

例句：Qarabag's performance was disintegrating completely in the second half of the game.

翻译：卡拉巴赫的表现在下半场彻底瓦解。

10. rout

含义：n. 大败；溃退；v. 彻底击败

例句：Federico Chiesa's goal completed the rout as Liverpool beat Qarabag convincingly.

翻译：费德里科・基耶萨的进球为这场大胜画上句号，利物浦完胜卡拉巴赫。

文段翻译

阿尔内・斯洛特表示，利物浦在英超赛场正被迫承受着 “一杯糟糕的混合酒”—— 机会不断浪费，还频频丢出轻易的进球。若顺着这个调酒的比喻往下说，他的球队在欧冠赛场则过得逍遥自在，尽享玛格丽特鸡尾酒般的美好时光。

斯洛特麾下的利物浦在安菲尔德大胜卡拉巴赫，连续第二个赛季顺利晋级欧冠 16 强。穆罕默德・萨拉赫在指责利物浦 “牺牲自己” 后，首次跻身球队进球名单，而阿莱克西斯・麦卡利斯特、弗洛里安・维尔茨、状态火热的雨果・埃基蒂克以及替补登场的费德里科・基耶萨也均有进球入账。

这场胜利是斯洛特执教利物浦以来的最大比分胜利，球队还实现了零封，这对于刚刚负于伯恩茅斯的他们而言，是最完美的慰藉。考虑到球队的伤病问题日益严重，能避开下月的两回合附加赛，更是额外的收获。利物浦在欧冠小组赛八战六胜，先后击败了两支马德里球队和国际米兰，这一战绩也提醒着人们，利物浦依旧拥有深厚的欧战底蕴，只是在步履维艰的英超冠军卫冕之路上，未能将这份实力稳定展现。

“我们很高兴能直接晋级 16 强，尤其是两年前，我们还在踢欧联杯，并且在四分之一决赛中不敌亚特兰大，” 斯洛特说道。他的球队将在 16 强赛中对阵尤文图斯、马德里竞技、加拉塔萨雷或布鲁日中的一支。“如今我们已经连续两个赛季跻身欧冠八强，本赛季，我们渴望取得更多成就。”

斯洛特的这个比赛夜开局并不算顺利。球队本就后防人手紧缺，不得不让瑞安・赫拉芬贝赫顶替易卜拉希马・科纳特出任中卫，而比赛刚进行到第 2 分钟，利物浦又折损了杰里米・弗林蓬。这位边后卫在右路追逐卡拉巴赫的解围球时突然受伤。值得称赞的是，客队队长阿卜杜拉・祖比尔立刻将球踢出界外，让弗林蓬能够接受治疗。弗林蓬在安菲尔德的首个赛季，此前就曾两次遭遇腘绳肌拉伤，此次一瘸一拐离场时，他的情绪几近崩溃。斯洛特只能确认，球员的伤势为肌肉损伤。

这一幕也让人想起了斯洛特在赛前新闻发布会上的表态，当时他为自己在对阵伯恩茅斯的比赛中换下弗林蓬的决定辩护，称这位荷兰国脚当时身体疲惫，其比赛负荷需要谨慎管控。“如果人们知道我和球队正面临着怎样的困境，就会更理解我做出的这些决定，” 这位主教练当时说道。

弗林蓬伤退，远藤航替补登场，利物浦的四后卫阵容就此变成了两名后卫搭配两名中场。维吉尔・范戴克、安迪・罗伯逊和米洛斯・克尔克兹，是斯洛特手中仅有的健康且司职后卫的球员。不过他表示，科纳特有望在周六对阵纽卡斯尔的比赛中结束事假归队，乔・戈麦斯也可能从臀部伤势中恢复，重返赛场。

面对拼劲十足但实力有限的对手卡拉巴赫 —— 后者凭借其他场次的赛果晋级了附加赛，利物浦用两粒连续的进球，确保了开局的人员变动没有造成即时影响。球队凭借定位球首开纪录，这让斯洛特十分欣喜。多米尼克・绍博斯洛伊开出角球，皮球经卡拉巴赫后卫凯文・梅迪纳一蹭，范戴克在远门柱高高跃起头球摆渡，皮球弹地后，麦卡利斯特抢在马特乌什・科哈尔斯基扑救前，将球顶过门线。

很快，利物浦便将比分扩大为 2-0。埃基蒂克停下罗伯逊的传球，转身摆脱两名卡拉巴赫球员的防守后，将球横传至禁区中路。客队的后防中路出现了巨大空档，这位德国国脚得以获得充足的时间和空间，冷静推射，将球打入球门下角。

下半场，卡拉巴赫的防线依旧毫无喘息之机。利物浦复刻了对阵伯恩茅斯时的任意球战术，只是做出了角色互换：绍博斯洛伊用脚后跟将球磕给萨拉赫，后者同样一脚势大力沉的推射，将球轰入球门上角。这是这位埃及国脚在欧冠赛场的第 49 粒进球，也是他自 11 月 1 日以来，首次为利物浦在各项赛事中破门，值得注意的是，这还是他在利兹联接受那番采访后的首粒进球。萨拉赫特意面向安菲尔德的看台庆祝这粒进球，他用力捶打着胸前的利物鸟队徽，宣示着自己的回归。

埃基蒂克的表现配得上一粒进球，利物浦后场开出长传解围，他接连突破两名卡拉巴赫中卫的防守，一路狂奔甩开巴卢勒・穆斯塔法扎德和梅迪纳后，精准推射，攻破了对方门将的十指关。

此时，卡拉巴赫的场上表现已彻底瓦解。绍博斯洛伊的传球被马特乌斯・席尔瓦不慎碰向自家球门方向，麦卡利斯特抓住机会，轻松晃过科哈尔斯基，推射空门得手，斩获个人本场比赛的第二粒进球。范戴克从后场带球强势推进，将球送到禁区内无人盯防的基耶萨脚下，这位意大利前锋推射破门，为利物浦的这场大胜画上了完美的句号。

“如果我们能在攻防两端都做出提升，那么任何球队想要击败我们，都会变得十分困难，” 斯洛特说。“但单场比赛的表现远远不够，我们必须将这样的状态保持下去。”