Yours Toulouse: Klopp rages as late equaliser is ruled out
Liverpool’s comeback fell short in a 3-2 loss at Toulouse in the Europa League but it was still a victorious day for striker Luis Diaz.
Diaz’s father was released hours before the match, 12 days after his kidnapping in northern Colombia.
Diaz didn’t score yesterday but still tested Toulouse keeper Guillaume Restes with a low right-footed shot from outside the area in the first half.
Aron Donnum scored in the first half and Thijs Dallinga doubled the advantage just before the hour mark for the hosts, who lost 5-1 at Anfield two weeks ago.
An own goal from Cristian Casseres made it 2-1 in the 74th minute but Frank Magri quickly restored the two-goal lead.
Diogo Jota came on for Diaz in the 81st minute and scored eight minutes later. Liverpool thought they had equalised in stoppage time but Jarell Quansah’s goal was disallowed by VAR.
Jurgen Klopp, in his 450th game as Liverpool manager, was not happy with his team’s performance.
“It was well deserved to lose because they won pretty much all the decisive challenges, battles,” Klopp said. “We have too many situations where we should have won the ball but didn’t.”
Liverpool lead Group E with nine points from four games. Toulouse trail by two.
Leverkusen remained the last team with a perfect record after four games with a 1-0 victory at Qarabag in Group H. The Bundesliga leaders reached the round of 16 after Victor Boniface scored the winner from the penalty spot in stoppage time.
Brighton scored early in each half to beat Ajax in Amsterdam 2-0 for their second straight win after defeating the struggling Dutch powerhouse by the same score two weeks ago.
Forward Ansu Fati gave the Seagulls the lead against the run of play amid Ajax’s early dominance.
Simon Adingra doubled it on a counter-attack to lift Brighton to second place in Group B with seven points. Marseille lead with eight.
At London Stadium, Lucas Paqueta’s late volley secured a 1-0 win for West Ham over Olympiacos to stay tied atop Group A with Freiburg.
Danilo Pereira and Todd Cantwell scored within eight minutes in the first half to set Rangers on the way to a 2-1 victory over Sparta Prague. The Scots are second on seven, two points behind Real Betis.
In the Europa Conference League, PAOK were held at home 2-2 by Aberdeen to still top the standings in Group G with 10 points.
Diego Carlos and Ollie Watkins rallied Aston Villa past Alkmaar 2-1 to share the lead of Group E with Legia Warsaw.