Victor Osimhen fires Galatasaray to victory on hellish night for Liverpool
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Victor Osimhen fires Galatasaray to victory on hellish night for Liverpool
"Liverpool were short on ideas and again suspect defensively as they were beaten by Victor Osimhen's first-half penalty. Defeat could have been heavier had the Galatasaray striker not squandered two clear openings early in the second half and it needed the 62nd minute introduction of Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak to inject direction into the Liverpool attack. The visitors were almost reprieved by the award of an 89th minute penalty for a suspected foul on Ibrahima Konate but even that did not go their way."
"Despite a quiet start to the season by his standards, and the opportunity for more rotation from Slot following a summer of heavy investment, the absence of Salah from a Liverpool starting lineup still contains the capacity to surprise. Salah, two goals shy of recording 250 for the club in all competitions, was on the bench alongside Alexander Isak, Alexis Mac Allister and Conor Bradley"
Liverpool lost to Galatasaray in Istanbul, suffering back-to-back defeats that raise growing concerns. The team lacked creative ideas and appeared defensively vulnerable, conceding to Victor Osimhen's first-half penalty. The match could have been more one-sided after Osimhen missed two clear second-half chances. Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak were introduced in the 62nd minute and provided greater direction to the attack. An 89th-minute penalty for a foul on Ibrahima Konate was overturned after a pitch-side VAR review. Arne Slot rotated his squad, leaving Salah on the bench and deploying Jeremie Frimpong and Dominik Szoboszlai in modified roles. The home crowd applied intense pressure with sustained whistles and noise.
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