Liverpool beat Eindhovan
London, April 4:
Liverpool won its second straight away game in the Champions League, beating PSV Eindhoven 3-0 in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Bayern Munich twice came back with goals from Daniel Van Buyten to hold six-time European Cup champion AC Milan to a 2-2 draw, giving the German team two away goals heading into next Wednesday’s second leg.
Steven Gerrard, John Arne Riise and Peter Crouch scored for Liverpool, which won its fifth European Cup two seasons ago. Gerrard jumped over the back of teammate Dirk Kuyt in the 27th minute to head in a cross from Steve Finnan. Riise made it 2-0 in the 49th, controlling a poor clearance from Timmy Simons with his chest in the center of the field and then sending a long-range shot past the diving Gomes. Finnan set up Crouch for the third goal in the 63rd.
Gerrard’s goal was his 15th in the European Cup, making him Liverpool’s all-time leader in the competition. The Liverpool captain has scored 19 goals in all European competition, trailing only Ian Rush and Michael Owen.
Liverpool also started with an away win in the previous round, beating last year’s champion FC Barcelona 2-1. The English team then advanced on away goals despite a 1-0 loss at home in the second leg.
In another match, Van Buyten first equalized for Bayern in the 78th minute. He scored his second goal in the third minute of injury time. Andrea Pirlo had given Milan the lead in the 40th and Kaka again put Milan ahead in the 84th from the penalty spot after Lucio brought him down.