Liverpool marked its return to the Europa League on Thursday with one other come-from-behind 3-1 victory, this time over Austrian membership LASK in Linz.
Luis Díaz had a scientific end into the roof of the online within the 63rd minute to place the guests forward after receiving a low cross from midfielder Ryan Gravenberch, who was given his first begin for the Reds since his summer season switch from Bayern Munich.
Mohamed Salah got here off the bench and accomplished the second-half comeback with a purpose within the 88th minute.
Florian Flecker beat backup goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher off a nook kick within the 14th minute for the opener towards Liverpool, a three-time winner of the second-tier European competitors.
The guests equalized when Darwin Núñez scored on a penalty kick 11 minutes into the second half after Philipp Ziereis fouled Díaz.
Liverpool supervisor Jürgen Klopp made 11 adjustments in his beginning lineup from the 3-1 comeback victory over Wolverhampton on Saturday within the English Premier League.
It was a return to the second-tier competitors for the Reds for the primary time since dropping 3-1 to Sevilla within the 2016 remaining in Basel in Klopp’s first season at Anfield.
In one other Group E recreation, Union Saint-Gilloise and Toulouse drew 1-1.
Europe Convention League champion West Ham additionally needed to come a purpose all the way down to defeat newcomer TSC Bačka Topola from Serbia 3-1 at London Stadium in Group A.
An personal purpose from Nemanja Petrović began West Ham’s comeback within the 66th. Summer time signing Mohammed Kudus headed house the second 4 minutes later in his first begin for the Hammers with substitute Tomáš Souček heading within the third to complete it off.
Petar Stanić had crushed goalkeeper Łukasz Marek Fabiański one-on-one three minutes after halftime for the Serbian workforce.
Brighton’s debut in a European competitors suffered a blow in a 3-2 loss at house to AEK Athens in Group B.
Substitute Ezequiel Ponce netted the winner six minutes from time to place the Greek workforce forward for the third time.
Ahead João Pedro transformed from the spot in every half for Brighton, which is enjoying in Europe for the primary time within the membership’s 122-year historical past after ending a club-best sixth within the English Premier League final season.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored his second purpose within the 78th to salvage a 3-3 draw for Marseille at Ajax as the 2 former Champions League winners met in one other recreation in one of many hardest teams.
Marseille was with out coach Marcelino, who stepped down Wednesday after solely a handful of video games in cost.
Romelu Lukaku scored the second-half winner for final yr’s runner up Roma in Group G in a 2-1 victory over Sheriff in Tiraspol. It was Lukaku’s second purpose since becoming a member of from Chelsea.
Earlier, substitute midfielder Leandro Paredes netted from a deflected free kick in first-half stoppage time to provide the guests a 1-0 lead earlier than Cristian Tovar evened it within the second half.
Roma, coached by Jose Mourinho, is attempting to succeed in its third straight European remaining.
Additionally in Group G, Slavia Prague took house three factors from Geneva after beating Servette 2-0.
Atalanta relied on second-half objectives from ahead Charles De Ketelaere and substitute Éderson in a 2-0 victory over one other newcomer Raków Czestochowa in Group D whereas Rangers beat Actual Betis 1-0 in Group C.
Ludovic Blas scored the primary purpose within the competitors this season within the second minute to assist Rennes beat Maccabi Haifa 3-0 in Group F. Within the group’s different recreation, Panathinaikos defeated Villarreal, the 2021 Europa League champion, 2-0.
In Group H, Florian Wirtz, Aminde Adli, Victor Boniface and substitute Jonas Hofmann had a purpose every for Leverkusen to rout Sweden’s newcomer Häcken 4-0.
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Albanian ahead Ernest Muçi netted twice within the second half in Warsaw as Legia beat Aston Villa 3-2 to spoil the English workforce’s return to the the group stage of a European competitors for the primary time because the 2008-09 season.
Villa, the 1982 European Cup winners, needed to come from a purpose down twice within the first half within the Group E recreation.
Villa ahead Jhon Duran headed in an equalizer simply three minutes after Pawel Wszolek put the hosts forward within the third minute. Muçi made it 2-1 within the twenty sixth together with his first earlier than defender Lucas Digne made it 2-2 in a while.
Within the different group’s recreation, Zrinjski made a victorious debut for a membership from Bosnia in Europe with a 4-3 win over Alkmaar.
In Group F, final yr’s runner-up Fiorentina began its marketing campaign with a 2-2 draw at Genk in Belgium. Defender Luca Ranieri headed house twice for his first two objectives for the Italian workforce.
KÍ Klaksvík, the primary workforce from the Faeroe Islands to succeed in the group stage in any European competitors, misplaced 2-1 at Slovan Bratislava in Group A.
Additionally, host Maccabi Tel-Aviv beat Icelandic membership Breidablik 3-2 in Group B.
In Group G, Eintracht Frankfurt opened with a 2-1 over over Aberdeen.
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