Liverpool reverse Austria's lead, win over host LASK Linz

Rated much higher than LASK Linz in every aspect, coach Jurgen Klopp suddenly gave up all his advantages, or more accurately, his subjective attitude towards the home team, which was only considered a "backer" in Group E of the Europa League, made the German coach only use a squad of reserve players.

Names like Ben Doak...

or Ryan Gravenberch made Liverpool play hard against LASK Linz

Coach Jurgen Klopp explained quite a lot in the post-match press conference, that "difficulties surrounded Liverpool from all sides and the team had to adapt to that by giving the young players the opportunity to rub shoulders and... get used to it". The German coach said nothing about his team being behind, struggling in the first half and if he did not bring on key players in time, would Liverpool have had time to make a comeback at the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz?

Florian Flecker easily defeated Liverpool's young goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher

As a habit that has been formed since the beginning of the season when constantly having to seek victory from the edge, Liverpool surprisingly conceded a goal from the 14th minute despite not having a bad start to the match against the home team LASK. From a corner kick on the left wing, Sascha Hovart crossed the ball for Florian Flecker to launch a beautiful move from outside the penalty area, opening the score of the match.

Florian Flecker's impromptu celebration

The strikers were too unlucky, even with the presence of Darwin Nunez while goalkeeper Tobias Lawal of the home team LASK played very well, making the first half the most difficult time for Liverpool.

Coach Jurgen Klopp's experiment was considered unsuccessful and he had to send 5 more players onto the field after the break in an attempt to regain control of the game.

Darwin Nunez is only confident when scoring from the 11m mark

The visitors increased the pace right from the beginning of the second half and soon got the results. In the 55th minute, LASK's defender clumsily fouled Luis Diaz in the penalty area and from the penalty spot, Darwin Nunez was given the chance to make amends and he successfully finished to equalize the score 1-1.

Luis Diaz is confident with Mohamed Salah by his side

LASK went on the attack after being held back and paid the price against the experienced Liverpool side. Luis Diaz scored the second goal for the Kop in the 63rd minute with a quick finish before Mohamed Salah fired home from the penalty area in the 88th minute, sealing a 3-1 win for the visitors and completing another successful comeback by Liverpool.

Mohamed Salah scores to seal Liverpool's 3-1 comeback win

This is Jurgen Klopp's 50th victory in European competition while leading Liverpool. The German coach has set a new record for the Merseyside team. Klopp has surpassed many big names such as Bob Paisley, Bill Shankly and Joe Fagan to become the record holder.

Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool's 50th win in European competition

The victory in Austria also helped Liverpool take the lead in Group E because in the match at the same time, the two opponents in the same group, Union Saint-Gilloise and Toulouse, shared points with a 1-1 draw.

Some other notable results:

West Ham – TSC 4-1; Bayern Leverkusen – Hacken 4-0, Panathinaikos – Villarreal 2-0, Sheriff – AS Roma 1-2; Ajax – Marseille 3-3; Brighton 2-3 AEK Athens

Source: https://nld.com.vn/the-thao/liverpool-nguoc-dong-thang-tung-bung-chu-nha-lask-linz-20230922071340049.htm