On Wednesday, Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola decided to introduce some reserve players in a meaningless game against Red Star in the Champions League, and one of those three players scored a goal in a 3-2 win. Tonight, Jurgen Klopp decided to do the same against Union SG in Belgium, but the result didn’t go his way as Liverpool lost 2-1. It seems that the German tactician gave too many youngsters a chance as Ben Doak (18), Kaide Gordon (19) and Luke Chambers (19) all started, along with more mature teammates Harvey Elliott, Jarrell Quansah and Conor Bradley. Curtis Jones was the captain, and Cody Gakpo was in the team, just in case, but he wasn’t visible.Klopp didn’t want to risk anything, as Liverpool already secured the first spot in Europa League Group E, and the Reds are also playing Manchester United over the weekend. But the Belgian team played in full force, and Amoura was the most dangerous footballer on the field. He scored in the 32nd minute, and the question remains if that was offside. VAR checked for a few minutes and ruled it was a good call. But Quansah levelled the score in the 40th minute, and the Reds were hoping that their 70% percentage would bring them the lead soon. But Puertas scored three minutes later, and he also fired a great shot in the 62nd minute to make it 3-1 before VAR nullified it due to offside. Kelleher was the busiest man for the England team, and it’s really a miracle that the score was only 2-1 in the end.UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE – ROUND 6ThursdayLASK – Toulouse 1-2 (0-0)/Ljubicic 61 – Dallinga 54, Suazo 83/St.Gilloise – Liverpool 2-1 (2-1)/Amoura 32, Puertas 43 – Quansah 39/Panathinaikos – Maccabi Haifav 1-2 (0-1)/Ionnaidis 82 – David 20, Chery 74/Rennes – Villareal 2-3 (1-1)/Assingon 37, Blas 79 – Moreno 36, Akhomach 62, Parejo 80/Roma – Sheriff Tiraspol 3-0 (2-0)/Lukaku 11, Bellotti 32, Pisilli 89/Slavia Praha – Servette 4-0 (4-0)/Assingon 37, Blas 79 – Moreno 36, Akhomach 62, Parejo 80/Leverkusen – Molde 5-1 (3-0)/Schick 6, Tapsoba 22, Ellingsen 25 (og), Hložek 60, Mbamba 70 – Kitolano 75/Qarabag – Hacken 2-1 (2-0)/Andrade 1, Benzia 45+3 – Hyseinov 90+1 (og)23:00: (1.30) Olympiakos (5.50) TSC Backa Topola (10.0)23:00: (1.80) West Ham (3.70) Freiburg (5.00)23:00: (2.05) Ajax (3.50) AEK (3.50)23:00: (1.70) Brighton (4.10) Olympique Marseille (5.20)23:00: (4.40) Aris Limmasol (3.70) Sparta Praha (1.90)23:00: (1.85) Betis (3.70) Rangers (4.70)23:00: (2.65) Rakow (3.40) Atalanta (2.80)23:00: (1.70) Sporting (3.60) Sturm (5.30)***odds are subject to change***
