Ryan Gravenberch scored the opener in the closing stages of the first half, while Diogo Jota sealed the win deep into second-half stoppage time.
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Liverpool had to work hard to get the three points over Union SG in the Europa League on Thursday night. Despite the match taking place at Anfield, the Reds were unable to put the game to bed early. Ryan Gravenberch scored the opener in the closing stages of the first half, while Diogo Jota sealed the win deep into second-half stoppage time. Overall, Liverpool supporters would have been happy to see their side bounce back from the 2-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend.
The goal Ryan Gravenberch scored over Union SG was his first for Liverpool. Speaking about Gravenberch, Jurgen Klopp, quoted by the club’s website, said after the match, “I think it’s really obvious how good he is, what a talent he is. He’s enjoying the situation, enjoying himself, that’s very important, [he] gets step by step all the confidence back, that’s really cool to see. He’s in the middle of the group, fits really well to the age group of the majority of the squad, so that’s really good. That’s only positive. We thought he might be able to play 90, we want to give him 90, but then we saw now he dropped a little bit and didn’t want to go there [with] any risks so that’s why we brought on Dom for a few minutes. [It’s] good. Everything goes in the right direction, that’s really helpful.”
The Liverpool manager then went on to analyse their victory in the Europa League group stage contest over Union SG. He spoke about the positives and where they can improve further. “The start and the result and the goals and the chances we created. What I didn’t like was that we lost rhythm after 25 minutes, I don’t know exactly [the time], [I] didn’t do it on the watch, but it’s very difficult to keep the rhythm in a game like this. But it’s as important; very important. It’s clear we should’ve scored before, [we] should’ve been 2-0 up when we scored the goal. [We] scored late, that’s fine. Made it vintage, whatever you want to call it, a mature, professional performance,” he stated.
Despite getting the three points, Klopp feels the performance could have been better. “[We] got the result we wanted and know we can do better. But on top of that a lot of good individual things I saw; good performances. Trent back. Quansah first international game; really good. Kosti much improved. Ibou long, long, long really good. So, we could share with our situation now because for Sunday we have only from our fantastic five, [we] only three players left for the front line, so plenty of positives, but yes it could’ve been better as well. We should [be] better, play better, use our chances more often if you want to be successful in the competition, that’s clear. But I’m not angry or concerned or whatever, it’s just for today it was like that, and we know we have to do better, that’s it,” he added.
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