landmark
/ˈlandmɑːk/ B2 so big or unusual that people will remember itThe match was only a friendly, so the landmark attendance, and not the score, was the story of the evening.
Matches
lapse
/ˈlaps/ C1 a brief mistakeOne outlet describes a giveaway by Como's goalkeeper Butez as the lapse that let Lewis-Skelly in, and no other account read here corroborates that version.
lead
/ˈliːd/ B2 being in front in the scoreIt was Atletico Madrid who took the lead.
Arsenal took the lead almost immediately.
levelled
/ˈlɛvəld/ B2 made the scores equal againOscar Arribas levelled the match again with a free-kick in the 65th minute, and Bergson put Johor Darul Ta'zim 3-2 ahead in the 86th minute.
levelling
/ˈlɛvəlɪŋ/ C1 making the score equalComo's own match report puts the two goals at 33 and 43 minutes, which has Baturina levelling after Lewis-Skelly; no other source read here confirms them.
lingers
/ˈlɪŋɡəz/ C1 stays in the mind long afterwardsWhat lingers instead is the image of a cavernous stadium filled to its last seat by supporters of two English clubs, under a darkened Irish sky, for a sport that had not been played there in years.
loan
/ˈləʊn/ A2 an agreement that lets a player join another club for a fixed periodLiverpool have agreed a loan for a new defender.
Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign the defender Ronald Araujo on loan from Barcelona.
Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign the Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo on loan from Barcelona, and both clubs announced it on 10 August 2026.
Liverpool have agreed a season-long loan for the Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo, and both clubs announced it on 10 August 2026.
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