Diogo Jota Brings Liverpool To Union Saint-Gilicoise

Liverpool celebrated Ryan Gravenberch's goal (38) against nion Saint-Glicoise in the Europa League match at Anfield Stadium. (Twitter @LFC)

JAKARTA - Liverpool must work hard to beat the Belgian club Union Saint-Giloise in the Europa League Group E ERandan. In a tight battle at Anfield Stadium, Friday, October 6 in the morning WIB, Liverpool won 2-0. Diogo Jota winger successfully confirmed the Reds' victory.

Union Saint-Gilicoise is an uncountable team when it comes to Anfield to face one of the European giants. Yes, Liverpool are very experienced in European competition and one of the elite teams in the English Premier League.

In that duel, Liverpool also fielded the best squad. Coach Jurgen Klopp did not want the team to lose points while playing at home.

In front, Jota and Mohamed Salah supported Darwin Nunez's forward center. The trident is expected to continue the glory of Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.

Hanya, mereka sulit menghadapi compact defensive yang diterapkan dengan baik oleh Union Saint-Gilicoise. Pertahanan solid tim tamu menjadi trisula lini depan Liverpool tak mampu mencetak gol meski memiliki banyak keluangan.

However, the patience of Liverpool players to dismantle the Union Saint-Gilicoise defense finally paid off towards the end of the first half.

Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch managed to break the deadlock after finishing a pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold in the 44th minute.

This is the Netherlands midfielder's first goal for Liverpool. The 1-0 score closed the first half.

In the second half, The Pool still showed its dominance. However, Luis Diaz's repeated attacks to replace Nunez, Alexis Mac Allister, Jota to Gravenberch did not give a positive result. Meanwhile, Union Saint-Gilicoise defended more of the hosts' attacks.

Liverpool finally established their lead when Jota beat goalkeeper Anthony Moris in injury time. Starting from the attack that Diaz built that broke through the opponent's defense. He then fired a pass that had turned his way after hitting Union Saint-Giliose player Noah Sadiki.

Boa then headed for Jota. The Portugal national team winger had no trouble using the ball to break into the opponent's goal. The score changed to 20 for Liverpool and lasted until the end of the match.

The victory solidified the position of Liverpol at the top of Group E with six points. Meanwhile, Union Saint-Gilicoise, which has one point in third place. The second position is controlled by Toulous who beat LASK 1-0.