LASK vs Liverpool LIVE: Europa League result, final score and reaction after comeback win for Reds
Jurgen Klopp’s team start their European adventure in Austria in the Europa League group stage
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool took time adjusting to life back in the Europa League but for the fourth time in six matches this season they came from behind to win 3-1 against LASK in Linz.
It had been 2,682 days since they last appeared in UEFA’s second-tier competition, having played in three Champions League finals and won one, and that adaptation to a new reality took a while to bed in.
The Austrians had no such problem in the biggest game in their history as the visit of Manchester United in 2020, when they were hammed 5-0, happened behind closed doors because of the pandemic.
They were so fired up they predictably took an early lead through Florian Flecker’s brilliantly-taken goal but once Jurgen Klopp’s side came to the realisation the Europa League will be just as tough a task as the competition favourites this season’s familiar trait emerged.
Within the space of eight second-half minutes Darwin Nunez fired home a penalty and Luis Diaz converted from close range and late on substitute Mohamed Salah clinched Klopp’s 50th European victory, the most of any Anfield manager. Follow all the reaction from LASK vs Liverpool below and get all the latest football odds here.
HT - LASK 1-0 Liverpool
Spectacular goal, spectacular celebrations.
What a night for the LASK fans if they hold onto this lead - work for Liverpool to do second half.
HT - LASK 1-0 Liverpool
There’s the whistle and a poor first 45 minutes for the visitors sees them trailing in Austria.
A brilliant strike from Flecken separates the sides, LASK ahead.
44’ - LASK 1-0 Liverpool
Bajcetic gets his own back and likewise goes into the book. An awkward start to the campaign for the Spaniard.
Tsimikas leads a counter after the free-kick but with options both sides, again makes the wrong decision and is fortunate to get a free-kick. Zulj is booked this time - four in just a few minutes between the two teams.
One minute of stoppage time added on.
41’ - LASK 1-0 Liverpool
Yellow for Havel for a foul on Bajcetic now. Five minutes until the break and Jurgen Klopp will no doubt have plenty to say at the interval.
They were poor at the weekend against Wolves in the first half, then came out and scored three after the restart. At this rate the same will be required again.
38’ - LASK 1-0 Liverpool
Villa back on terms, 2-2 in their game at Legia.
Liverpool still struggling for fluency here, perhaps a combination of 11 changes and the fact that - at this stage anyway - there’s not much jeopardy in getting out of the group.
Konate is booked for arguing with the referee, another sign of the Reds not being anywhere near on it tonight.
34’ - LASK 1-0 Liverpool
Calm defending by Van Dijk to chase a through ball and beat his man before clearing. But Liverpool don’t really seem to have much in the way of structured build-up so far, certainly not through the second and final thirds.
Doak wins a corner after a dribble down the right; can the delivery prove better this time?
It certainly is - but it’s a great save! Nunez denied from two yards out with his header looking for all the world as though it’s heading in.
30’ - LASK 1-0 Liverpool
Konate is bullied off the ball by Ljubicic and he drives into the box - Van Dijk is quickly across to make a block on the shot.
Klopp wanted a free-kick and has a word with the fourth official on the touchline, but his team are looking very ragged at the moment.
Now they do work a good counter-attacking chance and Nunez combines with Tsimikas, but the cross is missed by Gravenberch and cleared.
26’ - LASK 1-0 Liverpool
Nunez spins and tries a volley at goal - he’s blocked at close quarters by the defence.
Not seen too much of Endo for the Reds in midfield yet - he perhaps needs to start controlling the play from deep and getting Gravenberch and co on the front foot.
Endo lines up a shot now after running forwards himself - it’s also blocked.
22’ - LASK 1-0 Liverpool
Tsimikas runs forward but opts to shoot instead of teeing up Diaz, who is free to his left. It’s well off-target and the Colombian isn’t amused.
Not a huge response so far to be truthful - more needed from the front three at present.
Villa are now trailing 2-1; in teh same competition Aberdeen are back on level terms at Eintracht Frankfurt.
17’ - LASK 1-0 Liverpool
Decent delivery from Doak on the right but nobody is running onto it. A few minutes later Elliott’s cross from the left is met by Darwin Nunez, but he’s up too early and nods well off-target, off-balance.
Diaz then dribbles into the box and is clipped just outside it, but the foul goes against him for handball somehow.
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