Liverpool doesn’t play well with reserves, and loses to USG in the Europa League

Already ranked first in the group, the Liverpoolentered with the reserve team in the Europa League, and was defeated by Union Saint-Gilloise in the last round of the first phase. The goals were scored by Amoura It is Doorswith a discount of Quansahto confirm the 2-1 result in Belgium.

Although the match started the same, the home team’s rotation was of greater intensity and desire to win, as they were still seeking to qualify for the next phase. Given this, he managed to scare the English giant a few times, even before opening the scoring, which happened in the 32nd minute of the first half.

Amoura received a great deep pass and went in front of Gallagher, dribbled past the goalkeeper and had the goal free to score the first. Even without great pressure, Liverpool still equalized with Quansah taking advantage of a corner kick. But the equality didn’t last long, as Puertas made a move on the left, cut inside and found a good shot in the corner to give final numbers to the first 45 minutes.

With changes at half-time, and the appearance of some of the starters, Liverpool did not make the game change so much as to seek a reaction, and saw USG continue to create chances. The Belgians even increased their lead, once again with Puertas, but a touch on Amoura’s hand ended up canceling out the goal, with the help of VAR.

After that, the game ended up becoming more open, but giving the impression that the home team were closer to the third goal than Liverpool were to the equalizer. The imposition in the final stretch happened, and the English even created some chances that made goalkeeper Moris work, but he did it well and ended up holding on for the victory, which was still not enough to qualify, and the team goes to the Conference League.

Quansah has scored a goal before Joe Gomez 😭 pic.twitter.com/y3ZFbM0Mps

— H (@TheLiverpoolEra) December 14, 2023