{"id":302438,"date":"2023-12-14T20:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302438"},"modified":"2023-12-14T20:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:24:26","slug":"union-saint-gilloise-2-1-liverpool-jurgen-klopps-young-guns-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/union-saint-gilloise-2-1-liverpool-jurgen-klopps-young-guns-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp&apos;s young guns struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s young guns suffer defeat in Belgium in their final Europa League group-stage game &#8211; but Jarell Quansah&#8217;s maiden goal for the Reds caps off a proud night for the club&#8217;s academy<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liverpool&#8217;s academy graduates were outdone by the Belgian league leaders<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It was a proud day as Jones was captain and Quansah scored his first Reds goal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Manchester United fans must be DREADING Anfield trip &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While Manchester United\u2019s players spent this week in recovery mode and conducting yet another inquest after a toothless but nevertheless taxing European performance, most of Liverpool\u2019s big-hitters had their feet up resting on Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp was afforded the luxury of this Europa League jaunt to Brussels being a meaningless dead-rubber, with them already qualified for the round of 16, and therefore left Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Alisson Becker at home.<\/p>\n<p>Many other pivotal figures, such as Dominik Szoboszlai, Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz spent most of the night sitting on the substitutes\u2019 bench wearing a puffer jacket, hat and snood. It\u2019s just another argument to add to the list for why Liverpool are so fancied to thrash United on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool ultimately lost the battle of the English and Belgian league leaders but it was nevertheless a proud night for the academy. With an XI that had an average age of 22, Klopp handed a night to remember for a number of kids from the Kirkby production line.<\/p>\n<p>There was the heart-warming tale of Kaide Gordon\u2019s first start in nearly two years. He became Liverpool\u2019s youngest-ever FA Cup goal-scorer in January 2022 and made his Premier League debut the following week but has been riddled with injuries relating to growing pains since.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/19\/78973743-12865411-image-a-1_1702582164974.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Amoura put Union Saint-Gilloise 1-0 up after battling past Caoimhin Kelleher<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/19\/78973707-12865411-image-a-2_1702582218700.jpg\" height=\"364\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jarell Quansah blasted in an equaliser for his first Liverpool goal &#8211; and the 2,000th of Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s managerial career<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Doak showed his electric feet, while three others proved there is nothing wrong with going out on loan, as the trio of Jarell Quansah (Bristol Rovers), Conor Bradley (Bolton) and Luke Chambers (Kilmarnock) are all cutting their teeth in the first-team after successful stints away.<\/p>\n<p>There were also minutes off the bench for fellow young prodigies James McConnell and Calum Scanlon, it was also a proud evening for a more established academy graduate at Liverpool, Curtis Jones, with the Scouse midfielder captaining his boyhood club.<\/p>\n<p>But as often happens when teams make mass changes, Liverpool looked incredibly disjointed, struggled to find any intensity or creativity in attacks and afforded their Belgian opposition Union Saint-Gilloise too much room when they made forays forward.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool had 71 per cent possession in the first half but did little with the ball and managed just one shot on target. At the other end, the Belgian league leaders constantly exploited gaps in behind the Reds\u2019 back-line and took the lead on 31 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Caoimhin Kelleher had already made two big stops to deny first Gustaf Nilsson and then Mohammed Amoura, both when clean through on goal. But the Irish goalkeeper was helpless as Amoura sprung past Liverpool\u2019s offside trap, held his nerve, rounded Kelleher and scored.<\/p>\n<p>Klopp\u2019s side have made slow starts a customary occurrence this term and, like at Crystal Palace on Saturday, Liverpool were heading towards half-time without registering a shot on target. When they finally did have a shot on target, it came from an unlikely source in Jarell Quansah.<\/p>\n<p>On UEFA\u2019s official team-sheet, defender Quansah was listed as playing in the No 10 role just behind striker Wataru Endo, a holding midfielder. Maybe UEFA were on to something, then, as Quansah produced a fine strike as if he was a forward, to level the game.<\/p>\n<p>It came after Curtis Jones, captain on the night, atoned for an earlier error that saw him lose possession for Union\u2019s goal. The 22-year-old whipped in a nice corner, Union failed to clear their lines and Quansah finished well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/19\/78973715-12865411-image-a-3_1702582252196.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cameron Puertas quickly restored the Belgian side&#8217;s lead a few minutes before half-time<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/19\/78974191-12865411-image-a-14_1702583294068.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kaide Gordon made his first start in almost two years after an injury-hit period since becoming the club&#8217;s youngest-ever FA Cup scorer in January 2022<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/19\/78974285-12865411-image-a-16_1702583396472.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was a proud day for academy graduate Curtis Jones as he captained his boyhood club\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>After having a 97th-minute equaliser chalked off at Toulouse for an earlier handball, it was a nice moment for the Warrington-born defender who has been at the club since age five. But after a tidy strike, he was back to his day job of defending minutes later as Union regained the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahima Konate sold Ben Doak short with a pass, the Scotsman lost the ball and the home side embarked on a sweeping move. Konate was out of position and Cameron Puertas exploited space, both behind Liverpool\u2019s defence and inside Kelleher\u2019s near post with a powerful strike.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until Ryan Gravenberch\u2019s silky touch and poor shot that Union keeper Anthony Moris made another save, though, with Liverpool poor offensively. His opposite number Kelleher, meanwhile, was kept busy as the Cork-born keeper denied Nilsson and Amoura.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd inside Lotto Park, the home of Anderlecht where Union are forced to play European games at, were furious in the 62nd minute as Puertas saw his second goal of the game chalked off after an alleged handball in the build-up by Lazare Amani.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/20\/78975065-12865411-image-a-26_1702584305243.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ben Doak was one of the youngsters given minutes and showed his electric feet but struggled for large parts of the game\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Match facts<\/h3>\n<p>LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Kelleher 7; Bradley 5, Konate 5 (Gomez 46, 6), Quansah 7, Chambers 6 (Scanlon 63, 6); Endo 5.5 (Gravenberch 46, 6), Jones 6.5, Elliott 6; Gordon 6 (McConnell 75, 6), Gakpo 6, Doak 5 (Nunez 63, 6).<\/p>\n<p>Subs not used: Pitaluga, Mrozek, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Tsimikas, Koumas, Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Booked: Bradley.<\/p>\n<p>Scorers: Jarell Quansah (39&#8242;).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manager: Jurgen Klopp 6.<\/p>\n<p>Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Isr) 7.<\/p>\n<p>Attendance: 16,000.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12865411\/Union-Saint-Gilloise-2-1-Liverpool-Jurgen-Klopp-Europa-League-Jarell-Quansah.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s young guns suffer defeat in Belgium in their final Europa League group-stage game &#8211; 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