Liverpool 5-1 Toulouse, Brighton 2-0 Ajax: Europa League clockwatch – as it happened

  • 10/26/2023
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Thank you very much for joining me and John earlier. Andy Hunter was at Anfield. Here is his report. Luke Chambers: “Unbelievable. I’ve dreamt of this moment since I was six years old and to top it off with a win is great. “I found out [I was playing] yesterday and had a bit of time with the family last night. The reality hit this morning. “Trent has done what I aspire to do. Watching Trent do it gives us academy lad a stepping stone to recreate it. I couldn’t ask for someone better to look up to.” Paul MacInnes was at the Amex. More Europa League action. How the Europa League tables stand … Full time! Liverpool 5-1 Toulouse Liverpool were just too good for Toulouse, who did their best to make a game of it. GOAL! Liverpool 5-1 Toulouse (Salah, 90+3) That man Salah pokes the ball into the top corner. Full time: Brighton 2-0 Ajax It was all relatively straightforward in the end for Brighton thanks to goals from Joao Pedro and Ansu Fati. Liverpool 4-1 Toulouse: Jones departs with McConnell coming on for his debut. Nice to see a few youngsters getting their chance. Liverpool 4-1 Toulouse: Some practical joker in the crowd has just used a whistle to blow for full time. What larks. Play stops and the referee goes to have a word with the fourth official. We are at the stage where the commentators on both matches involving English sides are repeatedly talking about some sort of boxing match coming up. Liverpool 4-1 Toulouse: It is all pretty quiet on the pitch at Anfield. The match is over as a contest. Brighton 2-0 Ajax: The Seagulls are calmly knocking the ball out from the back. It’s all pretty relaxed. Liverpool 4-1 Toulouse: Elliott is booked for a late challenge, which results in him hobbling away. Liverpool 4-1 Toulouse: Klopp permits a standing ovation for Gravenberch, replacing him with Salah. Liverpool 4-1 Toulouse: Klopp sends on the subs … Scanlon, Gakpo and Quansah on, Alexander-Arnold, Chambers and Nunez off. GOAL! Liverpool 4-1 Toulouse (Gravenberch, 65) Nunez walks away with a wry smile after his stunning run and dribble earns him an open goal but he whacks his shot against the post. Gravenberch follows up and finds the corner for deserved goal. Liverpool 3-1 Toulouse: Donnum tries to open up some space on the edge of the box but Gomez gets back at him to tackle the Toulouse man. His challenge results in a concerning moment for Kelleher as he watches the ball go just wide. Down the other end Gravenberch, Liverpool’s best player tonight, pings a shot from 25 yards that the goalkeeper does well to repel. Peter Oh emails: “That was a cool, em-Fati-c finish by the Brighton star. Ajax are in Total Disarray.” Have you considered a career as a tabloid sub-editor? Liverpool 3-1 Toulouse: Gravenberch shuffles a shot towards goal from the edge of the box, which Restes kicks up in the air somehow, resulting in a chase between the goalkeeper and Nunez. Restes just gets up quickly enough to beat the striker to the punch. Brighton 2-0 Ajax: Almost a third for Brighton as Fati flashes a shot past the post. Down the other end, Berghuis cuts in from the right and pings a shot against the post with Steele beaten. What happened in the Europa Conference League? Here is the answer. GOAL! Brighton 2-0 Ajax (Fati, 53) The Barcelona loanee is starting to show plenty of promise at Brighton. He superbly controls an Adingra pass and jabs a shot home. Liverpool 3-1 Toulouse: There’s a lot more pressing from Toulouse in the second half. They are going down fighting. Liverpool 3-1 Toulouse: There is some nice play from Toulouse in the final third and it looks like they could open up Liverpool but the attack breaks down. Down the other end, Nunez gets a stray hand in the face but gives the impression he has suffered a career-ending injury. Nothing doing. Brighton 1-0 Ajax: Gross slides a pass between two defenders for Mitoma to run onto but the ball just has too much on it and the goalkeeper collects. Brighton 1-0 Ajax: It is a bright start from Ajax to the second half, concluding with a dangerous cross from Berghuis, which Steele does well to gather. Second half We go again! Half-time reading … Olympiakos v West Ham report: Half time: Liverpool 3-1 Toulouse Liverpool have been pretty dominant, even if they were caught on the break for an equaliser. They will not be fearing the second half. Half time: Brighton 1-0 Ajax Joao Pedro’s goal the difference at the break. Liverpool 3-1 Toulouse: Klopp’s side are really slowing things down as they look to control possession until half time. GOAL! Brighton 1-0 Ajax (Joao Pedro, 42) The Seagulls finally add a bit of speed to their play. Dunk slips the ball to Mitoma on the edge of the box, he gets it out of his feet and fires towards the bottom corner but Ramaj is equal to it, only to see Joao Pedro tap in the rebound. Liverpool 3-1 Toulouse: Chambers swings in a beautiful cross but Nicolaisen reads the danger and volleys clear. Brighton 0-0 Ajax: The visitors are yet to muster a shot on target. All quiet at the Amex. Liverpool 3-1 Toulouse: Nunez is a fine reminder to not judge someone by their first season in a new team. The striker was pretty mediocre for a lot of last year while showing touches of quality but now he looks settled, allowing him to utilise his attributes in a confident team. GOAL! Liverpool 3-1 Toulouse (Nunez, 34) More great work from Gravenberch drives Liverpool up the pitch, he shifts the ball back to Jones to shoot but his effort pinballs around, eventually landing at Nunez’s feet to ping into the roof of the net. There is a very long check for handball by VAR but the goal is eventually given. Brighton 0-0 Ajax: Van Hecke goes into the book for holding onto Brobbey after being spun by the forward. GOAL! Liverpool 2-1 Toulouse (Endo, 30) He might not be the tallest but Endo jumps highest to head Alexander-Arnold’s cross perfectly into the bottom corner. Brighton 0-0 Ajax: A corner is headed back across goal to Adingra but he cannot keep his powerful shot down and it keeps rising. Brighton 0-0 Ajax: Soon after the Seagulls get a free-kick 23 yards from goal, which Dunk whacks into the wall. Brighton 0-0 Ajax: Mitoma flicks a pass into the path of Joao Pedro in the box. He gets a nudge in the back from Hato, which puts him down. The Brazilian wants a penalty but the referee is not interested. Liverpool 1-1 Toulouse: Jones catches teammate Gomez when they both go in for a tackle, leaving the centre-back on the deck. He gets up gingerly and hobbles around in the hope of running the injury off. Brighton 0-0 Ajax: The Dutch side are very much in knocking it around mode, irking Brighton in the process who are trying to put some pressure on. Lucy Wesson emails: “On the subject of aging, I turn 52 this weekend, and have been the age to be a player’s momma for some time now. However, what is a worse happenstance is the first time someone asks if you’re eligible for the senior discount, which happened at the golf course last weekend.” I am younger than James Milner, which would cheer me up, if it wasn’t for the fact he is currently playing in the Europa League. Liverpool 1-1 Toulouse: It’s all quite lively at Anfield. Toulouse are not sitting back, desperate to make a game of this. I guess if you are going to make it to the Europa League, you might as well enjoy occasions like Anfield away. GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Toulouse (Dallinga, 16) What a break! The ball is played through for Dallinga to latch onto in space, he takes a few touches and then fires through Kelleher to equalise. Liverpool 1-0 Toulouse: Elliott whips in a free-kick from the right touchline. It flicks off a head and Gomez jabs a shot. Toulouse eventually clear but the ball comes straight back via Matip and a Jota flick into Nunez’s path, who shoots at the goalkeeper. While Liverpool await to take a corner there is a penalty check for a handball in the area but the officials decide against it. Brighton 0-0 Ajax: A dangerous Seagulls cross is swung into the Ajax box and Ramaj ends up in a heap on the floor after Dunk pushes a defender straight into him. Matt Burtz emails: “I’m watching Liverpool-Toulouse in Spanish here in the U.S. and they showed Jurgen Klopp having a friendly chat with Toulouse’s manager Carles Martinez Novell. Klopp seemed to tower over his counterpart and, not being familiar with his playing career, I was surprised to learn that he’s 6’3”. Then I learned that I’m three years older than Martinez Novell, which is always humbling. At least I’m taller than Klopp.” I am hugely upset I am at the age where I am old enough to be a player’s father. GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Toulouse (Jota, 9) Jota squirms his way through the entire Toulouse defence and fires the ball beyond the goalkeeper from 14 yards. Peter Oh emails: “Ajax have got a Medic on the bench, perhaps as an extension of the club’s famous Total Football, jack-of-all-trades approach.” Does cardiology and podiatry. Brighton 0-0 Ajax: Mitoma turns an Ajax defender inside out before pulling the ball back to Joao Pedro but he steers his shot wide. Liverpool 0-0 Toulouse: Liverpool are knocking it about nicely. Nunez looks to inject some speed into proceedings but the pass back to him goes out for a goal kick. Brighton 0-0 Ajax: All pretty quiet at the Amex. Brighton earn a corner but Gross plays it way out of the box to makes things easy for Ajax. Liverpool 0-0 Toulouse: Luke Chambers makes his first start for Liverpool tonight at left back. The teenager makes sure he has a few early touches.

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