UEFA Europa League

Liverpool vs LASK Linz, 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
Liverpool
  • 12': Luis Díaz
  • 15': Cody Gakpo
  • 51': Mohamed Salah (P)
  • 90'+2': Cody Gakpo
FT
4 - 0
LASK Linz

    Liverpool crush LASK to reach Europa League last 16

    Liverpool eased into the Europa League round of 16 with a 4-0 home win over Austria's LASK in Group E on Thursday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 6': Corner, LASK. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Marin Ljubicic (LASK) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moses Usor.
    • 7': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ivan Ljubic.
    • 9': Foul by Ivan Ljubic (LASK).
    • 9': Joe Gomez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Attempt blocked. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Harvey Elliott.
    • 12': Goal! Liverpool 1, LASK 0. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Gomez with a cross.
    • 13': Offside, Liverpool. Ryan Gravenberch is caught offside.
    • 15': Goal! Liverpool 2, LASK 0. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
    • 18': Offside, LASK. George Bello is caught offside.
    • 21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Maksym Talovierov.
    • 22': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
    • 22': Sascha Horvath (LASK) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 22': Offside, Liverpool. Joe Gomez is caught offside.
    • 24': Corner, LASK. Conceded by Wataru Endo.
    • 26': Corner, LASK. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
    • 27': Offside, LASK. Sascha Horvath is caught offside.
    • 30': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
    • 30': Moses Usor (LASK) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 32': Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box.
    • 32': Offside, Liverpool. Kostas Tsimikas is caught offside.
    • 33': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 33': Foul by Maksym Talovierov (LASK).
    • 34': Attempt missed. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 37': Foul by Harvey Elliott (Liverpool).
    • 37': George Bello (LASK) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Sascha Horvath (LASK).
    • 37': Wataru Endo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Foul by Jarell Quansah (Liverpool).
    • 39': Robert Zulj (LASK) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Joe Gomez.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Joe Gomez (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Harvey Elliott.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harvey Elliott.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Liverpool 2, LASK 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 2, LASK 0.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Gomez.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
    • 47': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrés Andrade.
    • 48': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Marin Ljubicic.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Wataru Endo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 50': Penalty Liverpool. Cody Gakpo draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 50': Penalty conceded by Tobias Lawal (LASK) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 51': Goal! Liverpool 3, LASK 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 54': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Marin Ljubicic (LASK) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by George Bello.
    • 55': Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Mohamed Salah.
    • 56': Substitution, Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold replaces Ibrahima Konaté.
    • 56': Substitution, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez replaces Luis Díaz.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
    • 58': Attempt blocked. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 58': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Philipp Ziereis.
    • 58': Maksym Talovierov (LASK) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 59': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
    • 61': Substitution, LASK. Elias Havel replaces Maksym Talovierov.
    • 61': Substitution, LASK. Ibrahim Mustapha replaces Marin Ljubicic.
    • 61': Substitution, LASK. René Renner replaces George Bello.
    • 61': Substitution, LASK. Florian Flecker replaces Filip Stojkovic.
    • 61': Foul by Robert Zulj (LASK).
    • 61': Jarell Quansah (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Ibrahim Mustapha (LASK) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by René Renner.
    • 65': Corner, LASK. Conceded by Caoimhín Kelleher.
    • 67': Hand ball by Harvey Elliott (Liverpool).
    • 67': Offside, LASK. Philipp Ziereis is caught offside.
    • 69': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Philipp Ziereis.
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
    • 73': Delay in match because of an injury Ibrahim Mustapha (LASK).
    • 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 74': Substitution, LASK. Moussa Koné replaces Ibrahim Mustapha because of an injury.
    • 75': Offside, LASK. René Renner is caught offside.
    • 77': Corner, LASK. Conceded by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
    • 78': Attempt saved. Moses Usor (LASK) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Flecker.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Moses Usor (LASK) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 79': Foul by Jarell Quansah (Liverpool).
    • 79': Moussa Koné (LASK) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Attempt saved. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
    • 80': Corner, LASK. Conceded by Joe Gomez.
    • 82': Substitution, Liverpool. Conor Bradley replaces Ryan Gravenberch.
    • 82': Substitution, Liverpool. Luke Chambers replaces Kostas Tsimikas.
    • 83': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
    • 83': Moses Usor (LASK) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Florian Flecker (LASK) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sascha Horvath with a cross.
    • 84': Attempt saved. Robert Zulj (LASK) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Flecker.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
    • 84': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrés Andrade.
    • 85': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Elias Havel.
    • 86': Delay in match because of an injury Jarell Quansah (Liverpool).
    • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 89': Conor Bradley (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Moses Usor (LASK).
    • 90'+2': Goal! Liverpool 4, LASK 0. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
    • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Conor Bradley.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Liverpool 4, LASK 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Liverpool 4, LASK 0.

    Statistics

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    6 Fouls 7
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 3
    6 Corner Kicks 8
    5 Saves 3
    34.5 Possession 65.5
    7 SHOTS 24
    3 ON GOAL 9
    0.4 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    206 Accurate Passes 510
    310 Passes 586
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 4
    10 Crosses 19
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    53 Long Balls 60
    19 Accurate Long Balls 41
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
    3 Blocked Shots 7
    13 Effective Tackles 10
    21 Tackles 14
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    9 Interceptions 12
    28 Effective Clearances 9
    28 Clearances 9

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: Anfield
    Location: Liverpool, England
    Attendance: 49,666

    Line-Ups

    LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    62 Caoimhín Kelleher (GK)
    78 Jarell Quansah
    5 Ibrahima Konaté
    21 Kostas Tsimikas
    2 Joe Gomez
    3 Wataru Endo
    19 Harvey Elliott
    38 Ryan Gravenberch
    18 Cody Gakpo
    7 Luis Díaz
    11 Mohamed Salah
    Liverpool Substitutes:
    Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luke Chambers, Conor Bradley, Marcelo Pitaluga, Dominik Szoboszlai, Virgil van Dijk, Joël Matip, Curtis Jones, Darwin Núñez, Alexis Mac Allister, Ben Gannon-Doak, Kaide Gordon.

    LAS LASK Linz (3-4-1-2)

    No. Name
    1 Tobias Lawal (GK)
    16 Andrés Andrade
    4 Maksym Talovierov Yellow Card
    5 Philipp Ziereis
    21 Ivan Ljubic
    30 Sascha Horvath
    10 Robert Zulj
    2 George Bello
    22 Filip Stojkovic
    17 Moses Usor
    9 Marin Ljubicic
    LASK Linz Substitutes:
    Ibrahim Mustapha, René Renner, Sanoussy Ba, Florian Flecker, Ebrima Darboe, Husein Balic, Jörg Siebenhandl, Felix Luckeneder, Branko Jovicic, Elias Havel, Moussa Koné, Thomas Goiginger.

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