Liverpool’s Luis Diaz reacts as Toulouse gamers have a good time their third aim in the Europa League match in Toulouse, France, on November 9, 2023
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Liverpool’s comeback fell brief in a 3-2 loss at Toulouse in the Europa League on Thursday but it was nonetheless a victorious day for striker Luis Díaz.
Díaz’s father was released hours earlier than the match, 12 days after his kidnapping in northern Colombia by members of the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, or ELN.
Diaz had appealed for his father’s launch after scoring Sunday in a Premier League match, revealing a T-shirt saying “Freedom for Papa” in Spanish.
On Thursday, Díaz didn’t rating but nonetheless examined Toulouse goalkeeper Guillaume Restes with a low right-footed shot from outdoors the world in the primary half.
Luis Manuel Díaz waves to neighbors outdoors his residence in Barrancas, Colombia, after he was released by kidnappers Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Díaz, the father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz, was kidnapped on Oct. 28 by the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, or ELN.
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Aron Dønnum scored in the primary half and Thijs Dallinga doubled the benefit simply earlier than the hour mark for the hosts, who misplaced 5-1 at Anfield two weeks in the past.
An personal aim from Cristian Cásseres made it 2-1 in the 74th minute but Frank Magri shortly restored the two-goal lead.
Diogo Jota got here on for Diaz in the 81st minute and scored eight minutes later. Liverpool thought its equalized in stoppage time but Jarell Quansah’s aim was disallowed by VAR.
The recreation was Jürgen Klopp’s 450th as supervisor for Liverpool.
Before it, Klopp informed informed TNT Sports the Colombia striker was “really happy” with the information that his father was freed. After the sport, he was not that proud of his staff’s efficiency.
“It was well deserved to lose because they won pretty much all the decisive challenges, battles,” Klopp stated. “We have too many conditions the place we should always have gained the ball but we did not.”
Liverpool leads Group E with nine points from four games. Toulouse trails by two in second.
Leverkusen remained the last team with a perfect record after four games with a 1-0 victory at Qarabag in Group H. The Bundesliga leader reached the round of 16 after Victor Boniface scored the winner from the penalty spot in stoppage time.
Brighton scored early in each half to beat Ajax in Amsterdam 2-0 for its second straight win after defeating the struggling Dutch powerhouse by the same score two weeks ago.
Forward Ansu Fati gave the Seagulls the lead against the run of play amid Ajax’s early dominance.
Simon Adingra doubled it on a counter-attack to lift Brighton to second place in Group B with seven points. Marseille leads with eight after Chancel Mbemba and Ismaïla Sarr scored in a 2-0 win at AEK Athens, which remains on four points in third.
Slavia beat Roma 2-0 in Prague, handing José Mourinho’s team its first defeat. Václav Jurečka and Lukáš Masopust netted second-half goals for Slavia to tie Roma atop Group G with nine points each.
At London Stadium, Lucas Paquetá’s late volley secured a 1-0 for West Ham over Olympiacos to stay tied atop Group A with Freiburg, which routed Serbia’s TSC Bačka Topola 5-0.
Borja Iglesias, Aitor Ruibal, Marc Roca and Abdessamad Ezzalzouli all scored for Real Betis in a 4-1 victory over Aris Limassol and keep the lead in Group C with nine points.
Danilo Pereira and Todd Cantwell scored within eight minutes in the first half to set Rangers on the way to a 2-1 victory over Sparta Prague. The Scots are second on seven.
In Group D, Berat Djimsiti’s goal helped Atalanta maintain the top place with 10 points after a 1-0 win over Sturm Graz. Sporting is three points back in second after a 2-1 win over Poland’s Raków.
Europa Conference League
Viktoria Plzeň made it four wins from four with a 1-0 victory over Dinamo Zagreb to reach the round of 16 from the top spot in Group C.
Last year’s runner-up Fiorentina beat Serbia’s Čukarički 1-0 to take a lead in Group F with eight points, leading Ferencvaros and Genk by two after the two drew 2-2 in Hungary.
PAOK was held at home 2-2 by Aberdeen to still top the standings in Group G with 10 points, with another title favorite Eintracht Frankfurt one point back after a 1-0 win at HJK Helsinki.
Diego Carlos and Ollie Watkins rallied Aston Villa past Alkmaar 2-1 to share the lead of Group E with Legia Warsaw.
Israeli groups
Two Israeli golf equipment returned to motion in UEFA competitions after being unable to play two weeks in the past due to the nation’s conflict with Hamas.
Villarreal rallied in the second half to defeat Maccabi Haifa 2-1 in a Europa League recreation performed in Cyprus.
The groups couldn’t play in Spain on October 26 and that recreation has been rescheduled for December 6.
Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Zorya Luhansk of Ukraine 3-1 in a Europa Conference League recreation staged in the Polish metropolis if Lublin between two groups displaced by conflict.
Ukrainian groups have performed worldwide video games in different international locations for the reason that Russian army invasion began in February 2022.
