Jürgen Klopp rested several players but Liverpool consolidated their lead in Group E of the Europa League by completing the record with a 2-0 victory over Belgian Union Saint-Gilloise. The ‘reds’ have 6 points from two games and are followed by Toulouse, with 4, after winning 1-0 at LASK LInz, at the bottom with 0 points. Saint-Gilloise added one.
More than the result, since everyone thought Liverpool would win, the interest of the match focused on the particular rivalry of Argentina. between the MacAllister brothers. Kevin, a 25-year-old center back for Saint-Gilloise, started and played 67 minutes. Alexis, 24, played the entire second half, so 22 minutes together on the field. All this in the presence of the family, led by father and former footballer Carlos, in the stands at Anfield.
In the end logic prevailed, Alexis beat Kevin, even though the difference in category between the two teams only translated into the score in first goal with the ‘red’ shirt by Ryan Gravenberch.
The Dutch midfielder, who was added this summer from Bayern Munich, is one of the new additions to Klopp’s eleven, who He rested starters like Van Dijk, Robertson and Szoboszlaiwhile MacAllister, Curtis Jones and Luis Díaz came on in the second half.
Goalkeeper Moris was brilliant
Despite the turnovers, as expected, Liverpool took the lead and almost from the opening whistle, goalkeeper Anthony Moris was the star of his saves.
The Belgian goalkeeper, international with Luxembourg, He already avoided Mohamed Salah’s goal in the 4th minute, standing alone after the rebound. Soon after, Moris denied a shot from Gravenberch and Darwin Núñez scores but offside (9′).
Darwin missed a so-called goal
The Uruguayan missed a goal, in the 17th minute, by shooting wide, alone, of the golden ball given to him by Salah (17′). That was Liverpool’s last clear-cut chance in the first quarter of an hour which Saint-Gilloise held back as much as they could before settling down the pitch and better controlling the rival’s attacks.
Even the Belgians dared to shoot at goal and had a good chance from a free kick. Cameron Puertas narrowly edged Gustaf Nilsson (26′).
Gravenberch premiered thanks to Moris
The game was heading into half-time and, inexplicably, Liverpool took the lead on the scoreboard thanks to an error by Moris. As sometimes happens, the goalkeeper ruined his great performance by denying a short shot from Trent Alexander-Arnold, who reappeared after his injuryand Gravenberch, helpful, scored at will (44′).
Salah and Darwin remained in the dugout
In the break Klopp left Salah in the dugout for Curtis Jones and Darwin Núñez for Luis Díaz, who started to play on the left of attack, Diogo Jota started to play as ‘9’ and Harvey Elliott on the right.
Moris continued to keep his team alive in the game by parrying a header from Diogo Jota and a shot from Gravenberch before being substituted. The game was not close and Saint-Gilloise took advantage of it to develop some strategies with some risk to Alisson’s goal but did not result in a goal.
Diogo Jota discount sentence
Only in injury time can the ‘red’ fans breathe a sigh of relief when Diogo Jota completes a counter crossing against Moris and sealing Liverpool’s cautious victory.
Source: La Verdad
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