We haven’t played for two minutes when Standard already opens the scoring: a long ball to the left of Noah Dussenne arrives at the feet ofAron Dönnumwhich puts in the wind Jelle Bataille before serving on a platter William Balikishalonely in the small Antwerp rectangle, author of his second goal of the season (2′ 1-0).
Antwerp did not enter their match, unlike Standard: two minutes later, Nicolas Raskin sert Denis Dragus which, in turn, is played on the right side of the Antwerp defense before sending a prune in the window of John Butez (4′ 2-0).
Not yet satiated, the men of Ronny Deila take advantage of the passivity of their opponents to find a third time the fault in the Antwerp defense from the… 9th minute of play: Steven Get up et Cihan Canak combine, Denis Dragus lets the ball pass between his legs to allow Cihan Canak17, to make it 3-0!
Mark van Bommel reacts by making a first substitution following … 17 minutes of play: Ritchie DeLaet replaces Sam Vines to switch to a three-defender system.
The Liégeois then leave possession to their opponents, who do not take the opportunity to worry Arnaud Bodarttargeted by a smoke bomb launched from the Antwerp stand at the end of the first period.
Despite the rises in the game of Radja Nainggolanwhich replaced Jurgen Ekkelenkamp at the break, and Michel-Ange Balikisha, formerly of Standard and… little brother of the first scorer of the day, Antwerp did not manage to find the key and logically bowed to Sclessin. The Antwerpers will try to recover their health next Thursday, once morest Ostend, while the Liégeois, in full positive spiral, will aim for 9/9 in Mechelen on Wednesday.
