Jarell Quansah scored his first Liverpool goal in his 12th appearance for the club
Already-qualified Liverpool ended their Europa League group campaign with an away defeat in Belgium against Union Saint-Gilloise.
Jurgen Klopp’s youthful Reds side fell behind in the 32nd minute when Mohamed Amoura scored after taking the ball around goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.
Twenty-year-old centre-half Jarell Quansah equalised with a powerful effort from inside the penalty area for his first Liverpool goal.
But the hosts regained the lead just before half-time thanks to Cameron Puertas’ low strike, which proved to be the winner.
Puertas thought he had scored again with another well-struck shot but the goal was disallowed for handball following a video assistant referee check.
Despite the loss, Liverpool win Group E with 12 points from their six games, while Belgian league leaders Union Saint-Gilloise finished third to drop down into the Europa Conference League play-offs, in February.
Premier League leaders Liverpool will not play another European fixture until the last 16 in March and can focus on other competitions.
They now have three vital home games – Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday, West Ham in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday and then Arsenal in the league on 23 December.
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Union Saint-Gilloise
Squad number49Player nameMoris
Squad number5Player nameMac Allister
Squad number16Player nameBurgess
Squad number28Player nameMachida
Squad number21Player nameCastro-Montes
Squad number8Player nameAmani
Squad number27Player nameSadiki
Squad number10Player nameLapoussin
Squad number23Player namePuertas
Squad number29Player nameNilsson
Squad number47Player nameAmoura
Squad number4Player nameRasmussen
Squad number9Player nameEckert Ayensa
Squad number13Player nameRodríguez
Line-ups
Union Saint-Gilloise
Formation 3-4-1-2
49 Death
5Mac Allister16Burgess28Machida
21Castro-Montes8Amani27Sadiki10Lapoussin
23Puertas
29Nilsson47Amoura
49Moris5Mac Allister16Burgess28Machida21Castro-Montes8AmaniSubstituted forEckert Ayensaat 88’minutes27SadikiBooked at 53mins10Lapoussin23Puertas29NilssonSubstituted forRodríguezat 78’minutes47AmouraSubstituted forRasmussenat 84’minutesSubstitutes4Rasmussen 9Eckert Ayensa11Teklab13Rodríguez14Imbrechts17Terho26Sykes34Wenssens35Huygevelde48Leysen
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
62Kelleher
84Bradley5Konaté78Quansah44Chambers
19Elliott3Endo17Jones
49Gordon18Gakpo50Free
62Kelleher84BradleyBooked at 23mins5KonatéSubstituted forGomezat 45’minutes78Quansah44ChambersSubstituted forScanlonat 63’minutesBooked at 90mins19Elliott3EndoSubstituted forGravenberchat 45’minutes17Jones49GordonSubstituted forMcConnellat 75’minutes18Gakpo50DoakSubstituted forNúñezat 63’minutesSubstitutes2Gomez7Díaz8Szoboszlai9Núñez21Tsimikas38Gravenberch45Pitaluga48Scanlon53McConnell67Koumas83Hill93Mrozek
Live Text
Match ends, Union Saint-Gilloise 2, Liverpool 1.
Second Half ends, Union Saint-Gilloise 2, Liverpool 1.
Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Anthony Moris.
Offside, Union Saint-Gilloise. Cameron Puertas is caught offside.
Calum Scanlon (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Calum Scanlon (Liverpool).
Kevin Rodríguez (Union Saint-Gilloise) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Conor Bradley (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Cameron Puertas (Union Saint-Gilloise).
Corner, Union Saint-Gilloise. Conceded by Calum Scanlon.
Attempt saved. Dennis Eckert Ayensa (Union Saint-Gilloise) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mathias Rasmussen.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Union Saint-Gilloise. Dennis Eckert Ayensa replaces Lazare Amani.
Delay in match because of an injury James McConnell (Liverpool).
Corner, Union Saint-Gilloise. Conceded by Jarell Quansah.
Substitution, Union Saint-Gilloise. Mathias Rasmussen replaces Mohammed Amoura because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Mohammed Amoura (Union Saint-Gilloise).
2023-12-14 19:40:39
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