At the (Veldrum) Stadium, Hungarian Dominic Soboslay opened the scoring for Liverpool in the first minute of stoppage time in the first half, before Argentine Geronimo Rowley, Marseille goalkeeper, scored the second goal for the Red Team by mistake against his team in the 72nd minuteDutch (substitute) Cody Gakpo added the third goal for Liverpool in the third minute of stoppage time in the second half.The match witnessed the participation of Egyptian international star Mohamed Salah in Liverpool's starting lineup, after his return to the team of Dutch coach Arne Slot, after participating with his country's national team in the African Cup of Nations finals, which recently concluded in Morocco.This victory comes to relatively ease the criticism directed at Slott, especially after the team tied in its last four matches in the English Premier League.
With this result, Liverpool's score, which achieved its fifth victory in the tournament this season against two losses, rose to 15 points in fourth place, while Marseille's score stopped at 9 points in nineteenth place.It is noteworthy that the clubs that obtain the first eight places will advance directly to the round of 16 in the tournament, while the clubs that obtain places nine to 24 must compete in the qualifying round for the knockout stage.
