Barcola's hat-trick, 6–3 at LASK
Your team scored six in Europe. LASK 3–6 Liverpool, and Bradley Barcola got his first Liverpool goals, then finished a first senior hat-trick (1) (4). Florian Wirtz ran the game alongside him (7).
Iraola on it: "I think that we attacked really well, especially first half" (1).
That is a second straight Champions League win.
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Three conceded late, and Iraola explains why
Liverpool were cruising and then let LASK back to 6–3. Iraola pointed at his centre-half changes: Jeremy Jacquet and Ronald Araujo came in around Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez, and the shape wobbled (4).
He is not apologising for rotating. "We will need more than 11, more than 12, more than 13 players involved" (4).
Van Dijk on the bench, and the British press noticed
For the first time in almost a year and a half, Virgil van Dijk started a Liverpool game on the bench (1). He came on, and Liverpool conceded three (1) (5).
The British media were critical of the captain afterwards (1).
Iraola on his two big signings
Barcola was more than a scorer, per his manager. "Barcola was not only a goalscorer, he was a constant threat with his runs behind the defenders" (7). Wirtz got the same praise (7).
The U19s were in Austria too
Liverpool U19s played LASK in the UEFA Youth League in Austria on Wednesday afternoon, and an 18-year-old broke another European record (3).
Alex Scott, £100m, and Chelsea lurking
Liverpool want Alex Scott and the price is £100m, with Chelsea also in the race (5) (6). Bournemouth have U-turned on him, and January is shaping up as a straight fight (2) (6).
There are also fresh claims about Gilberto Mora, the Mexican midfielder linked with Anfield (2).
Tyler Morton is being watched
Tyler Morton has Premier League clubs circling, and Liverpool are monitoring their former midfielder (9). Crystal Palace, Brighton, Everton, Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Sunderland are all interested (9). Liverpool hold a sell-on clause (9).
Where you stand in Europe
PSG lead the Champions League table after two matchdays. Liverpool are one of nine teams on six points, alongside Aston Villa and Arsenal from the Premier League (12).
Brentford away on Saturday
Brentford away, Saturday 16:00 CEST, and it matters. You sit 9th in the Premier League on 9 points from 6, goal difference zero. Form reads W D W L W, and the last of those letters was a 0–3 home defeat to Manchester City on October 11.
Villarreal come to Anfield in the Champions League on Tuesday October 20, then Brighton at home on Sunday October 25.
Fan reactions
The away end is still buzzing off six goals in Linz, but the Brentford trip is what the sub is arguing about, with the G-Tech away day framed as the real test of whether this form is real. There is also a thread from a Liverpool fan asking, half-rhetorically, what is going on with Trent. Most replies agree the timing of that exit still stings more than the football.
