Goals flow as Liverpool, Sporting reach group stage


Football Soccer - Champions League - Playoffs - Liverpool vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - Liverpool, Britain - August 23, 2017 Hoffenheim’s Dennis Geiger in action with Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum and Alberto Moreno Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

ZURICH (Reuters) - Liverpool scored three goals in 12 dramatic first-half minutes, two of them from Emre Can, on their way to a hugely entertaining 4-2 win over Hoffenheim which took them back to the Champions League group stage after a two-season absence on Wednesday.

Portugal's Sporting also went on the rampage, scoring four times in the last half hour to beat former European champions Steaua Bucharest, now known as FCSB, 5-1 away after they had been held 0-0 at home in the first leg.

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