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Fenerbahçe Beat Liverpool in Five-Goal Match

The Turkish team won 3–2 at home in the Champions League.

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Source: Sky Sports, 2026-11-05.

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In this lesson: Follow two equalising goals and identify the goal that decided the match.

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Read and understand · 1/2How many times did Liverpool go ahead?

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Twice. Liverpool went ahead twice and Fenerbahçe responded each time.

Clue: Liverpool went ahead twice, but Fenerbahçe scored after each goal. Mason Greenwood and Archie Brown got the first two goals for the home team.

Read and understand · 2/2Who scored the winning goal?

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Vedat Muriqi. Greenwood and Brown scored the first two home goals; Muriqi then scored the winner.

Clue: Vedat Muriqi then scored to give Fenerbahçe the win. It was the Turkish club’s first victory in this season’s competition.

Grammar in this story: Frequency with twice

Liverpool went ahead twice

Twice means two times. It counts how often Liverpool took the lead, not the final number of goals in the match.

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Describe the result and explain why Muriqi’s goal was different from Fenerbahçe’s first two goals.

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Fenerbahçe won 3–2. Its first two goals answered Liverpool’s goals, while Muriqi’s goal put Fenerbahçe ahead and won the match.

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