Wednesday night in Glasgow, Scotland meant a place in the last 16 of the 2022/2023 edition of the UEFA Champions League for Liverpool FC, who, despite going behind, came from behind and scored a hat-trick to send Mohamed Salah into the top scorers of the current campaign, behind only Bayern Munich's Leroy Sané.
While the harvest in Scotland was good, Jürgen Klopp left the Ibrox Stadium furious as Scott Arfield's Canadian goal was the eighth Liverpool have conceded in the last five games, including Premier League and Champions League matches. The goal made it a total of 19 goals in the current campaign, which has been a major factor in the Merseyside side's atypical start to the season, where they are momentarily out of European places.
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Klopp took his hands to his face as he watched his side lose the ball in midfield and witnessed a huge three-way move from the Protestants that culminated in the former Burnley man's fifth goal of the season. No doubt this hurt the German coach who demanded more prudence from the line to his defence, who had to react and push the rest of the team to execute the comeback and the victory, which started with Bobby Firmino's brace.
Focusing on the Champions League, the Red's started the Group Stage in Italy where they were stunned four times by Napoli, then although they won on matchday two, they conceded a goal to Ajax at Anfield, improving for matchday three against Rangers, where Alisson Becker was a factor, but for this game, the team gave up the lead to open the floodgates to the Scots, who sink to the bottom of Group A.
There are two games left in the 22/23 Group Stage, where Liverpool could steal the top spot, but first they will have to beat FC Ajax, who will be defending their ticket to the Europa League, so it will not be easy, with the last game of the group against Napoli at Anfield, where both teams already qualified will play for the top spot, and with it, the advantage of having a better opponent in the draw for the Round of 16.
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