"Cody Gakpo had seen an effort cleared off the line moments before the decisive spot-kick on an evening that saw Slot surprisingly decide to drop Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak to the bench. The Liverpool boss turned to the pair in the 62nd minute in a bid to shake-up his disjointed side shortly after losing Alisson Becker to an injury seemingly sustained when stopping Osimhen scoring a second. Hugo Ekitike would also limp off as Liverpool failed to bounce back from their Selhurst Park setback, with a late penalty for a foul on Ibrahima Konaté overturned after a VAR review."
"The final whistle sparked bedlam on a night when deafening whistles met every Liverpool touch, with the intensity from the stands translating on to the pitch early on. Alisson stopped Yilmaz inside two minutes and Ekitike, back after a one-match ban for his foolish red card against Southampton last Tuesday, headed wide at the other end. The summer signing was one of four Liverpool changes and saw an attempt to round the goalkeeper stopped by Ugurcan Çakir, with Gakpo's bundled follow up cleared off the line. Ismail Jakobs' block proved pivotal as Galatasaray immediately attacked, finding the gaps in the visitors' shape and winning a penalty."
Liverpool suffered a 1-0 defeat to Galatasaray in Istanbul after Victor Osimhen converted a 16th-minute penalty following Dominik Szoboszlai's trailing-arm contact with Baris Alper Yilmaz. Manager Arne Slot made surprise benching decisions for Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak, introducing them in the 62nd minute to change the game's momentum. Alisson Becker appeared injured while preventing a second Osimhen goal, and Hugo Ekitike later limped off. Cody Gakpo had a shot cleared off the line, Ismail Jakobs' block sparked the decisive attack, and a late penalty for a foul on Ibrahima Konaté was overturned after VAR review.
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