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Europa League 2023: Liverpool loses 3-2 at Toulouse; Brighton beats Ajax

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Leverkusen remained the last team with a perfect record after four games with a 1-0 victory at Qarabag in Group H.

Liverpool’s comeback fell suddenly in a 3- 2 loss at Toulouse in the Europa League on Thursday but it was still a victorious day for striker Luis Díaz.

Díaz’s father was released hours before the match, 12 days after his hijacking in northern Colombia by members of the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, or ELN.

Aron Dønnum 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 agone.

An own thing from Cristian Cásseres made it 2- 1 in the 74th nanosecond but Frank Magri snappily restored the two- thing lead.

Diogo Jota came on for Diaz in the 81st nanosecond and scored eight twinkles latterly. Liverpool allowed

Its evened in cessation time but Jarell Quansah’s thing was disallowed by VAR.

The game was Jürgen Klopp’s 450th as director for Liverpool.

“ It was well justified to lose because they won enough much all the decisive challenges, battles, ” Klopp said. “ We’ve too numerous situations where we should have won the ball but we did n’t. ”

Liverpool leads Group E with nine points from four games. Toulouse trails by two in alternate.

Leverkusen remained the last platoon with a perfect record after four games with a 1- 0 palm at Qarabag in Group H. The Bundesliga leader reached the round of 16 after Victor Boniface scored the winner from the penalty spot in cessation time.

Brighton scored beforehand in each half to beat Ajax in Amsterdam 2- 0 for its alternate straight palm after defeating the floundering Dutch hustler by the same score two weeks agone.

Forward Ansu Fati gave the Seagulls the lead against the run of play amid Ajax’s early dominance.

Simon Adingra doubled it on acounter-attack to lift Brighton to alternate place in Group B with seven points. Marseille leads with eight after Chancel Mbemba and Ismaïla Sarr scored in a 2- 0 palm at AEK Athens, which remains on four points in third.

Slavia beat Roma 2- 0 in Prague, handing José Mourinho’s platoon its first defeat. Václav Jurečka and Lukáš Masopust netted second- partial pretensions for Slavia to tie Roma atop Group G with nine points each.

Borja Iglesias, Aitor Ruibal, Marc Roca and Abdessamad Ezzalzouli all scored for Real Betis in a 4- 1 palm over Aris Limassol and keep the lead in Group C with nine points.

EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE

Viktoria Plzeň made it four triumphs from four with a 1- 0 palm over Dinamo Zagreb to reach the round of 16 from the top spot in GroupC.

Last time’s runner- up Fiorentina beat Serbia’s Čukarički 1- 0 to take a lead in Group F with eight points, leading Ferencvaros and Genk by two after the two drew 2- 2 in Hungary.

PAOK was held at home 2- 2 by Aberdeen to still eclipse the standings in Group G with 10 points, with another title favorite Eintracht Frankfurt one point back after a 1- 0 palm at HJK Helsinki.

Diego Carlos and Ollie Watkins rallied Aston Villa past Alkmaar 2- 1 to partake the lead of Group E with Legia Warsaw.

ISRAELI brigades

Two Israeli clubs returned to action in UEFA competitions after being unfit to play two weeks ago because of the country’s war with Hamas.

Villarreal rallied in the alternate half to master Maccabi Haifa 2- 1 in a Europa League game played in Cyprus.

The brigades couldn’t play in Spain on October 26 and that game has been tallied for December 6.

Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Zorya Luhansk of Ukraine 3- 1 in a Europa Conference League game offered in the Polish megacity if Lublin between two brigades displaced by war.

Ukrainian brigades have played transnational games in other countries since the Russian military irruption started in February 2022. Know More Latest Football News…

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