A Liverpool player had a pole launched at him from the crowd while celebrating a goal against his former nemesis

• Benfica fans clearly didn't like seeing Liverpool's Luis Diaz back at the Estádio da Luz on Tuesday.
• The Colombian had missiles, including a pole, thrown at him after scoring.

Liverpool's Luis Diaz had what appeared to be a pole launched at him by an angry fan after scoring against his former rival Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Diaz, who signed for Liverpool from FC Porto in January, scored a crucial goal in the closing moments at the Estádio da Luz as Jurgen Klopp's side ran out 3-1 winners in the first-leg of its quarterfinal tie.

As he celebrated his strike near the sidelines, the Colombian had numerous projectiles thrown towards him.

One of the items thrown was a large stick which narrowly missed his head.

Diaz wasn't the only Liverpool player to be targeted by projectiles from Benfica fans on the night.

Defender Andy Robertson also had a number of lighters thrown at him as he went to take a corner late in the game.

Asked about the incident after the match, Robertson said he was glad he could help the fans that threw the lighters give up a bad habit.

"Maybe it'll help them stop smoking!" said the Scotsman. "Take the positives."

Liverpool was much the better side in Lisbon and went ahead in just the 17th minute when defender Ibrahima Konaté headed home a rare goal from a corner.

Sadio Mané then doubled the advantage after he was teed up by Diaz, before an error from Konate just after the break allowed Benfica's Darwin Núñez to close the gap.

The home side rallied as a result of the goal, but spurned a number of chances to equalize. This ultimately proved costly when Diaz netted Liverpool's third with just three minutes to play.

"Coming here and winning an away game in the Champions League is tough. Obviously, Benfica fought for their lives," said Klopp.

"We could have scored in the last minute, the fourth one would be nice, but we're not in dreamland here."

The two sides meet again at Anfield in the second leg on April 13 when Klopp is expecting another tough game.

"It's half time, we know much more about our opponent, they will go for it again," he said.

"They won at Ajax, they ground out all the results in the group stage that they needed, so we are aware of the quality and now we have a nice game in between and then we will be ready again for Benfica."