Liverpool vs LASK LIVE: Europa League result and reaction as Salah scores 199th club goal and Gakpo nets twice
The Reds are looking to bounce back after defeat to Toulouse
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool are back in Europa League action as they host Austrian side LASK an Anfield this evening hoping to get back to winning ways after a shock defeat to Toulouse in their last European outing.
The Reds are top of Group E with nine points from their four matches and have a two-point buffer over the French side in second. Jurgen Klopp will have his sights set on topping the table and moving straight into the round of 16. Victory tonight would secure Liverpool’s place in that stage if Toulouse also lose to Union Saint-Gilloise but that is not a guarantee.
First the need to get past LASK who are currently third in the Austrian Bundesliga. They will come to Anfield with some confidence having beaten Union Saint-Gilloise 3-0 last time out but that was their first win of the Europa League this season. Can they cause a shock on Merseyside tonight?
Follow all the action as Liverpool host LASK plus get the latest odds and tips right here:
FT: Liverpool 4-0 LASK
Here are some photos from the second half:
FT: Liverpool 4-0 LASK
Here is the match report, from Richard Jolly at Anfield:
Only one to go now. Mohamed Salah is a goal away from becoming the fifth player to score 200 for Liverpool. The Egyptian showed few signs he finds the 190s nervous, driving in a penalty to reach 199 as he captained Liverpool at Anfield for the first time.
Jurgen Klopp delayed another kind of celebration, taking off Salah with 35 minutes remaining and the opportunity to bring up his landmark against an outclassed LASK side. It may simply prove a case of postponing the inevitable. Salah has 13 goals for the season, seven of them in his last five outings at Anfield, and Sunday’s match against Fulham could see him join Ian Rush, Roger Hunt, Gordon Hodgson and Billy Liddell in a select group.
Liverpool’s Europa League job is done, but Mohamed Salah is just short of milestone
Mohamed Salah is just one goal away from joining the coveted 200 club at Liverpool
FT: Liverpool 4-0 LASK
Jurgen Klopp said to TNT sports after the game: “A lot of good stuff, and then some things I didn’t like too much, but that’s how it is, I say that all the time, we still grow, we still have to develop and play good football.
“This game should have been put to bed before half time, and if you are in charge of the game, then kill it, and we didn’t do that, so 2-0, 3-0 great, then we open up the game a little bit, we give them chances, we make mistakes.
“But winning 4-0 is obviously fantastic.”
On the clean sheet he added: “Very good. Defensively we were extremely strong, i have to say that individuals played a super game.
“That’s very good.”
FT: Liverpool 4-0 LASK
Klopp continued when asked about the fact that Liverpool winning and Toulouse drawing means they will not be playing another Europa League game until March: “Good.
“So obviously it’s an important game. And although there’s no that competition, the other competition (the FA Cup) arrives in January, so we are not short of games, it is all fine.”
On Bradley’s first involvement: “I love that, they deserve it, and Conor with just a few moments in the game you can see that he is a real talent, a real prospect for us, it’s so nice to see the boys.
“It’s good, we could have brought Gordon on, he’s back in full training - there’s a lot of positives about that.”
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