The performance was average but Liverpool and Jürgen Klopp found release in their Europa League tie against Union Saint-Gilloise of Belgium nonetheless. A return to winning ways, with a minimum of fuss and no controversy to debate for the next five days, was a welcome distraction as well as another step towards the knockout stages for the tournament favourites.
Ryan Gravenberch scored his first Liverpool goal since arriving on deadline day from Bayern Munich and Diogo Jota, wrongly dismissed in the highly contentious defeat at Tottenham on Saturday, sealed victory in stoppage time as Liverpool strengthened their grip on Group E. Union threatened to punish Liverpool in the second half but a fine breakaway goal from Jota, finishing with confidence after being released by substitute Luis Díaz, made it two wins out of two in the Europa League for Klopp’s team.Carlos Mac Allister, a former professional with Argentinos Juniors and Boca Juniors, had travelled to Merseyside along with several family members to watch two of his sons, Liverpool midfielder Alexis and Union defender Kevin, compete against each other for the first time in Europe.
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