Liverpool’s comeback fell quick in a 3-2 loss at Toulouse within the Europa League on Thursday however it was nonetheless a victorious day for striker Luis Díaz. Díaz’s father was launched 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 however nonetheless examined Toulouse goalkeeper Guillaume Restes with a low right-footed shot from exterior the realm within the first half. Aron Dønnum scored within the first 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.
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An personal aim from Cristian Cásseres made it 2-1 within the 74th minute however Frank Magri rapidly restored the two-goal lead. Diogo Jota got here on for Diaz within the 81st minute and scored eight minutes later. Liverpool thought its equalized in stoppage time however Jarell Quansah’s aim was disallowed by VAR.
The sport was Jürgen Klopp’s 450th as supervisor for Liverpool. Before it, Klopp instructed instructed TNT Sports the Colombia striker was “really happy” with the information that his father was freed.
After the sport, he was not that completely happy along with his workforce’s efficiency. “It was well deserved to lose because they won pretty much all the decisive challenges, battles,” Klopp mentioned. “We have too many situations where we should have won the ball but we didn’t.”
Liverpool leads Group E with 9 factors from 4 video games. Toulouse trails by two in second. Leverkusen remained the final workforce with an ideal report after 4 video games with a 1-0 victory at Qarabag in Group H. The Bundesliga chief reached the spherical of 16 after Victor Boniface scored the winner from the penalty spot in stoppage time.
Brighton scored early in every half to beat Ajax in Amsterdam 2-0 for its second straight win after defeating the struggling Dutch powerhouse by the identical rating two weeks in the past. Forward Ansu Fati gave the Seagulls the lead towards the run of play amid Ajax’s early dominance.
Simon Adingra doubled it on a counter-attack to carry Brighton to second place in Group B with seven factors. Marseille leads with eight after Chancel Mbemba and Ismaïla Sarr scored in a 2-0 win at AEK Athens, which stays on 4 factors in third. Slavia beat Roma 2-0 in Prague, handing José Mourinho’s workforce its first defeat. Václav Jurečka and Lukáš Masopust netted second-half objectives for Slavia to tie Roma atop Group G with 9 factors every.
At London Stadium, Lucas Paquetá’s late volley secured a 1-0 for West Ham over Olympiacos to remain 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 preserve the lead in Group C with 9 factors.
Danilo Pereira and Todd Cantwell scored inside eight minutes within the first half to set Rangers on the best way to a 2-1 victory over Sparta Prague. The Scots are second on seven. In Group D, Berat Djimsiti’s aim helped Atalanta keep the highest place with 10 factors after a 1-0 win over Sturm Graz. Sporting is three factors again in second after a 2-1 win over Poland’s Raków.
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Viktoria Plzeň made it 4 wins from 4 with a 1-0 victory over Dinamo Zagreb to succeed in the spherical of 16 from the highest spot in Group C. Last yr’s runner-up Fiorentina beat Serbia’s Čukarički 1-0 to take a lead in Group F with eight factors, main Ferencvaros and Genk by two after the 2 drew 2-2 in Hungary.
PAOK was held at residence 2-2 by Aberdeen to nonetheless high the standings in Group G with 10 factors, with one other title favourite Eintracht Frankfurt one level again after a 1-0 win at HJK Helsinki. Diego Carlos and Ollie Watkins rallied Aston Villa previous Alkmaar 2-1 to share the lead of Group E with Legia Warsaw.
