– The last thing we needed – VG

At the same time that Liverpool are off to a perfect start to the Champions League in terms of points with a full pot in two games, there are some dark clouds over Anfield right now.

After half an hour, substitute midfielder Fabinho had to leave with a strain injury, so 19-year-old Rhys Williams was pushed into central defense along with Joe Gomez.

Joel Matip is also injured, and Defense Chief Virgil van Dijk is known to have been injured for a long time. If Fabinho stays out for too long, the central defense will be thin. The hope is that Matip will make it to this weekend’s home game against West Ham in the Premier League.

– This was the last thing we needed. Fabinho felt a stretch, and that is not good. We will see and know more about the injury after a scan, a concerned Klopp told BT Sport after the match, adding:

– It was a difficult match. Very agitated. Central Jutland deserves respect. They obviously learned in the first game (against Atalanta, editor’s note) and they were very good tonight. They have all my respect for that, Klopp summed up to BT Sport.

Delete offensively

Offensively, they were also unstable against FC Midtjylland, but Liverpool started with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino on the bench. Xherdan Shaqiri, Takumi Minamino and Divock Origi had the opportunity from the beginning, without impressing.

FC Midtjylland stood out, and in the opening minutes Anders Dreyer missed a great opportunity when he arrived alone with Alisson, but after a bad touch he sent the shot directly to the Liverpool goalkeeper.

It was the only proper scoring opportunity in the first half, and Liverpool did not have a single shot on goal for the first 45 minutes.

But after 55 minutes came the first shot and the goal. Trent Alexander-Arnold played wall with Shaqiri before serving the ball perfectly to Jota. The Portuguese had an easy job putting the ball into the empty net.

It was his third goal after the Wolverhampton transfer, and Liverpool’s 10,000th goal in all tournaments. Jock Smith scored the first goal in September 1892.

– We did the job and got three points, which is the most important of all. I am happy to have scored the historic goal. Trent made an excellent pass, and it was just for me to be ready, Jota summed up to BT Sport.

After the 1-0 goal, Klopp led Salah, Mané and Firmino in turn, but the match remained calm and exciting the entire way.

Midtjyllands Evander missed a great opportunity to equalize, mentioning that Dreyer finished on the wall of the net from a good on-field position at the rear. Firmino, meanwhile, blew a great opportunity, and then Salah secured the win from the penalty spot after he was sent into overtime himself.

– Our main focus was taking three points and strengthening the position in the group. Midtjylland came here and played a good game. All credit to them, Alexander-Arnold said in an interview that was shown on TV 2 after the game.

Easy City Victory

Manchester City had only lost one of the last ten Champions League group stage matches, and the Light Blues did not return home empty-handed from Marseille.

The scores of Ferran Torres, Ilkay Gündogan and Raheem Sterling gave the visitors three deserved points. Kevin De Bruyne contributed two assists. The Belgian has 88 assists for the club in all tournaments since his debut in 2015-19, more than the next Premier League player on the list in the same period.

The English now top Group C with six points, three points ahead of Olympiakos and Porto.

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