2023-10-26 23:26:00
Liverpool’s power was too much for Toulouse with a crushing 5-1 win at Anfield to assert themselves at the top of Group E with an ideal score in three appearances. The tranquility of the result allowed Jürgen Klopp to do without Alexis Mac Allister, who was part of the substitute bench, within a team that had Darwin Núñez and Ryan Gravenberch as highlights, but both were under scrutiny for a striking action that occurred with the result almost defined.
With the score already 3-1 in favor of the English team, Aron Dønnum made a mistake in a delivery in the middle of the field in the 63rd minute and facilitated a local counterattack with many spaces. Darwin Núñez accelerated following a through pass, sat down Rasmus Nicolaisen with an excellent slalom, evaded goalkeeper Guillaume Restes and with his next touch tried to conclude the action with the goal at his mercy. However, the ball hit the post, a situation that even surprised the match’s reporter, Juan Manuel Pons, who went ahead to shout for a goal due to the improbability of what happened happening. “Ah, don’t rush shouting the goal if it hit the post,” the Bambino launched into the middle of narrating to himself.
Immediately, the Panther ignored the play due to the frustration caused by his definition, he put his hands to his face and did not see when Gravenberch captured the rebound. Just as the attacker turned his head, the Dutch midfielder pushed the ball into the net for the 4-1 partial. He cared little regarding his teammate’s decision: Darwin Núñez stayed for several seconds with his head resting on the grass, lamenting the clearest missed opportunity of his career.
* The summary of Liverpool’s victory
Captain Trent Alexander-Arnold had to come over to lift his spirits and quickly put a smile on Marcelo Bielsa’s big bet on the Uruguay national team. After the bitter pill, Núñez hugged the scorer of the Reds’ fourth goal and tried to forget what might have been his double. The Uruguayan had made it 3-0 in the 34th minute following goals from Diogo Jota and Wataru Endo. Mohamed Salah put definitive figures on the result. Thijs Dallinga had scored the temporary equalizer.
Despite what happened, Darwin has had a great start to the season with 5 goals and 4 assists in 12 games this season. The successor of Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani in the Celeste found it difficult to adapt to the Premier League, although he has improved his level visibly in recent months to be a crucial piece of the team, which is in fourth place in the championship domestic.
Liverpool was the leader of its area in the Europa League with 9 units, while Union of Belgium and Toulouse of France share second place (4) and LASK of Austria is last with zero units. On November 9, they will visit the French team with the possibility of securing qualification to the next stage, but first they will have to face Nottingham Forest and Luton Town in the Premier League and, in between, they will clash once morest Bournemouth in the round of 16 of the Cup. the English League.
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