LASK 3–6 Liverpool: Barcola scores a hat-trick in Linz
Liverpool won 3–6 away at LASK in Matchday 2 of the Champions League and have two wins from two games in the league phase. Bradley Barcola decided the match: his third goal, in the 66th minute, put the visitors 1–5 up and shut the door on a home comeback.
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Number of the match26That is how many shots Liverpool had, against just 12 for LASK, which shows how clearly the visitors dominated in front of their opponents' goal.
Four goals before the hour
Liverpool took the lead in the 22nd minute. Ronald Araujo headed in from a Konstantinos Tsimikas corner to make it 0–1. Two minutes later Bradley Barcola made it 0–2 after an assist from Lewis Koumas. In the 37th minute the same player, this time set up by Florian Wirtz, scored to make it 0–3. In the 51st minute Jeremie Frimpong, using a pass from Tsimikas, made it 0–4. Until the 63rd minute the hosts had not scored, and the visitors were already four goals up.
LASK respond, but too late
In the 63rd minute Robert Ljubicic pulled one back to make it 1–4 after an assist from Yvan Dibango. Three minutes later Barcola made it 1–5, with Frimpong providing the assist. In the 72nd minute Koumas, again from a Frimpong pass, made it 1–6. The hosts did finish the match with a flourish, though. In the 74th minute Florian Flecker made it 2–6, and in the 77th minute he added a third goal for LASK to make it 3–6. Dibango provided both assists. There was no time left for any further comeback.
Liverpool's dominance and the hero
The statistics confirm the picture on the pitch. Liverpool had 63% possession, LASK 37%. The visitors had 26 shots, 9 of them on target, the hosts 12 and 4 on target. Corners were 11 to 3 in Liverpool's favour. Barcola was the main hero, scoring in the 24th, 37th and 66th minutes. It was his first hat-trick for Liverpool and his first in the Champions League. Wirtz, Koumas and Frimpong added assists for the winger's goals and those of his team-mates.
Liverpool after the defeat to City
Liverpool came into the match after a 0–3 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday. They made four changes to the line-up and played Frimpong and Tsimikas in defence. Both settled up in Linz with assists, and Frimpong also scored. Isak, Gakpo and Ekitike dropped out of the squad before the match through injury. Despite the absences in attack, the visitors scored six goals and have won both of their league-phase games in the Champions League so far.
LASK still without points
LASK had not won for more than a month before this match. Their last win was 6–1 in the Austrian Cup on 5 September, and in the Champions League the team lost to AEK Athens. Two of the eight goals they have scored this season came after the 75th minute, and in Linz another joined them. Flecker now has 3 league goals this season, Ljubicic 2. The table after the match: LASK drop from 66th to 76th place and still have 0 pts. Liverpool rise from 38th to 14th place and have 6 pts.
Live · goal
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Minute 651–4
Ljubicic scores, LASK 1–4 Liverpool
Robert Ljubicic scored a consolation goal for LASK in the 63rd minute, set up by Yvan Dibango. It is his second league goal this season. Liverpool had already led through goals from Araujo, Barcola twice and Frimpong.
Number of the match: 2 — That is how many league goals Robert Ljubicic now has this season, after his strike in the 63rd minute.
Minute 520–4
Frimpong scores, LASK 0–4 Liverpool
Jeremie Frimpong made it 0–4 in the 51st minute. Konstantinos Tsimikas provided the assist, having also set up Ronald Araujo's goal. Bradley Barcola has already scored twice, in the 24th and 37th minutes.
Number of the match: 2 — That is how many assists Konstantinos Tsimikas has in this match: for the goals by Araujo and Frimpong.
Minute 390–3
Barcola scores again, LASK 0–3 Liverpool
Bradley Barcola extends the lead in the 37th minute, this time from a Florian Wirtz assist. He had scored earlier in the 24th minute, and Ronald Araujo got on the scoresheet in the 22nd minute. Three goals in 39 minutes tell their own story.
Number of the match: 37 — Barcola scored his second goal in the 37th minute, and by the 39th minute it was 0–3.
Minute 240–2
Barcola scores, LASK 0–2 Liverpool
Two minutes after Ronald Araujo's goal, assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas, Bradley Barcola makes it 0–2. Liverpool lead in the 24th minute in the Champions League and have scored twice in a short space of time.
Number of the match: 24 — In the 24th minute Liverpool were already 0–2 up, and both goals came in the 22nd and 24th minutes.
Live · half-time · 0–3
LASK 0–3 Liverpool at half-time, hosts without a shot on target
Liverpool lead LASK 0–3 at the break in the Champions League. The three goals came between the 22nd and 37th minutes. The hosts did not hit the target once.
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Number of the match0That is how many shots on target LASK had in the first half, while Liverpool had five.
Three blows, one half. First, Ronald Araujo scored in the 22nd minute after an assist from Konstantinos Tsimikas. Two minutes later Bradley Barcola added a second, with Lewis Koumas providing the assist. In the 37th minute Barcola struck again, this time from a Florian Wirtz pass. For LASK it was a painful half.
The numbers and LASK's helplessness. The statistics paint one picture. Liverpool had 71% of the possession, took 18 shots and won 8 corners. LASK, with 29% possession, managed 5 shots and 3 corners. The hosts' top league scorer, Samuel Adeniran, has 2 goals in 2 games, but in this half he had no chance to show what he can do.
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Liverpool won 3–6 away at LASK in Matchday 2 of the Champions League and have two wins from two games in the league phase.
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