This season's Premier League giants Liverpool, showing a very strong recovery momentum, the league is at the top of the standings, the Europa League has also locked a place in the round of 16 early, this match day, Liverpool ushered in the final game of the Europa League group stage, they will go to the away challenge to the Belgian league hegemon Saint-Gilloise Union, in the first leg of the meeting, Liverpool won 2-0 at Anfield Stadium, but this game, Klopp will definitely carry out a large-scale rotation, after all, the victory or defeat of this battle has lost its real meaning for them, and more importantly, after the gameLiverpool only has two days to prepare, and it will usher in a double red meeting with Manchester United, whether it is for its own title or a grudge with the Red Devils, Liverpool will go all out, which also gives Saint-Gilloise a chance for revenge!Sure enough, Liverpool, who sent many young players, did not perform well in the game, and the back line was full of holes, which also allowed Saint-Gilloise United to get a 2-1 victory at home!
As fans had anticipated before the game, Jurgen Klopp made a major overhaul of the starting line-up, opting for Kelleher as the starting goalkeeper in a 4-3-3 system, with Bradley, Konatt, Kuanza and Chambers forming a back four, Elliott, Endo and Jones in midfield, Gakpo in centre, and Doke and Gordon on the wings.
Although many main players were rested in rotation, Liverpool still suppressed the opponent on the field after the game started, and crushed Saint-Gilloise United in terms of possession, but the home team's swing bus strategy also had a huge impact on Liverpool's attack, in the first 45 minutes with a possession rate of up to 71%, Liverpool only completed one shot on goal, on the other hand, Saint-Gilloise United's counterattack played impressively.
In the 22nd minute, Saint-Gilloise United's counterattack broke through Liverpool's backline, but Kelleher was in good form and saved Nilson's one-on-one goal, but 10 minutes later, Saint-Gilloise United still broke the balance on the fieldAmula singled out Kelleher and then comfortably slotted home to give the home side a 1-0 lead.
In the 40th minute, Liverpool equalized with the only shot on goal in the first halfAfter receiving a corner kick from a teammate, Kwansa stopped the ball in the opponent's penalty area and hit the goal in one go, rewriting the score to 1-1Just three minutes later, however, the home side scored again against LiverpoolPuertas took advantage of a counter-attack to get into the heart of the visitors, then slashed down the ground to give the Belgian side a 2-1 lead and end the first half.
After the start of the second half, the performance of the Liverpool back line was still sluggish, in the 62nd minute, Giloise United extended the lead, the right side of the two-to-one directly past Gomez, and then a cross transfer to the follow-up Pitas, the latter pushed and made a contribution, but the referee after reviewing the VAR, determined that Giloise United handball first, canceled the goal, the next game, both teams did nothing, and Liverpool, which strategically gave up, also lost to the Belgian hegemon away.
Although Liverpool did not play well in this game, and swallowed the bitter fruit of defeat, but this is a result that the team and fans can fully accept, returning to the league and Manchester United's double red meeting, is Liverpool's ultimate goal, Liverpool, who strategically gave up the Europa League, will inevitably go all out to defeat the Red Devils in the Premier League, which is why fans ridicule Manchester United trembling!