Toulouse Outmatched by Liverpool in Europa League Clash

The step was way too high for the TFC. Dominated to great lengths on the Anfield lawn, Toulouse lost heavily against Liverpool (5-1) on Thursday evening, during the third day of the group stage of the Europa League. Despite a goal from Thijs Dallinga (16th) which had for a time kept hope alive, Carles Martinez Novell’s men were unable to do anything against the Mersey club.

Defeated for the first time in this Europa League 2023/2024 edition, Toulouse (4 points) abandoned second place in the group on goal difference to Union Saint-Gilloise (4 points), who beat Linz (2 -1) in the other match in Group E. Now five points behind comfortable leader Liverpool (9 points), the Violets nevertheless still have their destiny between their feet, who still have three matches to go. try to obtain the second qualifying ticket for the competition play-offs.

Hope Dallinga

Surprised from the start by the pace of the Reds, Diogo Jota (9th, 1-0) cleverly taking advantage of the defensive apathy of Toulouse to open the score with a cross strike, Toulouse briefly gave the impression of being able to compete with Liverpool’s second team (8 of the 11 starters against Everton were on the bench at kick-off on the Reds side). Magnificently managing to pick up the score thanks to Niklas Schmidt’s superb opening converted with full composure by Thijs Dallinga (16th, 1-1), the players of the pink city held off Jürgen Klopp’s men for a good quarter hour before completely collapsing within three minutes.

Sanctioned a second time for their lack of defensive impact on a cross header from Wataru Endo (30th, 2-1) at the conclusion of a precise cross from his captain Trent Alexander-Arnold, Carles Martinez Novell’s men folded a third time in the process on a somewhat messy action that the fox Darwin Núñez (33rd, 3-1) was responsible for converting. Stunned by the suddenness of the red surge, Vincent Sierro’s teammates were unable to raise their heads in the second half, suffering on the contrary new murderous waves from a completely liberated Liverpool team.

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Suazo’s failure

Weighed down by the enormous failure of Gabriel Suazo (46th) after returning from the locker room, the Chilean missing the inevitable after a poor restart at the foot of Caoimhim Kelleher, Toulouse sank during an almost one-sided second act.

Punished shortly after the hour mark by the very restless Ryan Gravenberch (65th, 4-1) on a high-class action that the clumsy Darwin Núñez himself should have converted into a goal, the TFC conceded one last goal at the end added time by the inevitable Mohamed Salah (90th + 3, 5-1). The Egyptian took advantage of the good work of James Mcconnell and Cody Gapko at the start of the action to definitively seal the triumph of the Reds with a brilliant strike into the top corner of Guillaume Restes.

2023-10-26 23:56:00
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