Dubai – Masaader News
Liverpool won Fifa Club World Cup 2019 for the first time, according to BBC.
Roberto Firmino struck in extra time to hand Liverpool a first Fifa Club World Cup triumph as Jurgen Klopp’s side eventually ended the resistance of Brazilian champions Flamengo in Qatar.
Firmino, who scored a dramatic injury-time winner against Monterrey to send Liverpool into the final, produced a composed finish in the 99th minute as the Reds became the second English side to win the tournament, after Manchester United in 2008.
In a dramatic conclusion to normal time, Liverpool had seen an injury-time penalty decision overturned after Sadio Mane went down under a challenge from Rafinha, with referee Abdulrahman Al Jassim reversing his initial verdict after checking the pitchside monitor following a consultation with the video assistant referee.
This was only the fourth Fifa Club World Cup final to go to extra time, after 2000, 2009 and 2016.
European sides have won 12 of the last 13 Club World Cup tournaments, including the last seven.
This was only the second time an English side has beaten Brazilian opposition in a competitive fixture, after Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Palmeiras in the 1999 Inter-Continental Cup final.
Only two of the last 10 Club World Cup finals have seen both teams score, with the winning finalist keeping a clean sheet on eight occasions in the past 10 years.
Flamengo are the fourth Brazilian club to finish as Club World Cup runners-up. No other nation has had more second-place finishes.