UEFA Europa League Report: Augsburg 0-0 Liverpool 18 February 2016
UEFA Europa League Result: Augsburg 0-0 Liverpool Date: 18 February 2016 Venue: SGL Arena Liverpool were held to a goalless draw at Augsburg on Thursday in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League tie. The Reds could have been a goal to the good in the seventh minute when Janker's careless play gave Firmino the ball. He struggled to keep his balance as he surged towards goal and Hitz made a simple save. Augsburg had an opportunity to open the scoring as Can gave the ball away in his own half, allowing Kohr to strike from the edge of the box, but he failed to keep it on target. Simon Mignolet kept the traveling side on even terms on the stroke of half-time. Esswein pierced the Liverpool defence and turned his marker to shoot from close range but the goalkeeper parried it away. Daniel Sturridge missed an absolute sitter in the 54th minute when a low cross from James Milner found the striker in the six-yard box. Sturridge directed his close-range strike the wrong side of the post. The hosts came close to breaking the deadlock in the 77th minute. Stafylidis received the ball in the box and curled a close-range strike just past the post. Dong-Won Ji almost made an immediate impact for Augsburg after coming on in the 81st minute as he hit the woodwork six minutes later, but the clash played out to a draw.
