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Fenerbahçe Beat Liverpool in Five-Goal Match

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

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Read the story

Fenerbahçe beat Liverpool 3–2 in a football match in Istanbul on November 4. The game was part of the Champions League.

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

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

Source: Sky Sports, 2026-11-05. https://www.skysports.com/football/fenerbahce-vs-liverpool/577663

Read and practise

  1. How many times did Liverpool go ahead?

    1. Once
    2. Twice
    3. Three times
  2. Who scored the winning goal?

    1. Vedat Muriqi
    2. Mason Greenwood
    3. Archie Brown

Your turn

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

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