Liverpool missed out on early qualification for the knockout rounds of the European Football League (Europa League).
“Liverpool” on Thursday, in the fourth round of the fifth group of the group stage of the continental competition, saw the Austrian “Lask Linz” 3 and suffered a painful 2-3 defeat against its French host “Toulouse”. 0 victory over its guest “Saint-Geloise”, a Belgian club.
Despite the defeat, “Liverpool”, which won its first three group meetings, is at the top of the table with 9 points, while “Toulouse” increased its score to 7 points and is in second place, leading by 3 points. “Saint-Geloise”, which is in third place. LASK Linz is at the bottom of the standings with three points.
At the Municipal Stadium in Toulouse, France took the lead through Aaron Dunham’s goal in the 36th minute, while teammate Des Talinga added a second in the 58th minute.
“Liverpool” reduced the deficit in the 74th minute through friendly fire from Venezuelan midfielder “Dulus” Cristian Caceres, but after Frank Magri scored the third goal, the hosts quickly restored the two-goal advantage. France in the 76th minute.
Portugal’s Diogo Jota restarted the match after scoring Liverpool’s second goal in the 89th minute, and the Reds tried to equalize in stoppage time, but to no avail.
With the win, Toulouse avenged their heavy 5-1 defeat to Liverpool in their last group game last month.
French Rennes bolstered their hopes of advancing to the next round with a 3-1 win over Greek Panathinaikos in Group Six, while Spanish “Villarreal” won 2/1 over Israeli host Maccabi Haifa. .
Rennes continues to lead the table with 9 points from 4 matches, 3 points ahead of its closest rivals Villarreal who have only played 3 matches. Below, one point from 3 matches.
Italian “Roma” suffered its first defeat in the seventh group, after a sudden 2-0 loss to its host, Czech “Slavia Prague”, Swiss “Servet” to its guest, Moldovan “Sheriff Draspol”, 2. -1.
In the Czech capital Prague, Vaclav Gorega scored the first goal for Slavia Prague in the 50th minute.
“Slavia Prague” topped the group with 9 points, thanks to its superiority in head-to-head difference over its closest rival “Roma”, which was equal to it on the same score, while “Servet” took third place. Four points, and “Sheriff Draspole” was at the bottom of the rankings with one point.
Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen continued their perfect start in Group H after a valuable 1-0 win over hosts Azerbaijan’s Karpaka Aktam.
“Leverkusen” remained at the top with 12 points, after winning its first four matches, reaching the full score, while “Karbaka’s” draw stopped in second place with 6 points.
English “Brighton” temporarily topped the second group, its host “Ajax Amsterdam”, 2-0.
Young Spanish star Anzu Fati opened the scoring for Brighton in the 15th minute, followed by his Ivorian team-mate Simon Adingra in the 53rd minute.
Brighton’s score rose to 7 points.
