Liverpool lost to Galatasaray in the Champions League

English big club Liverpool’s journey into the top 16 of the Champions League got off to a disastrous start when they suffered a 0-1 away defeat against Galatasaray in Istanbul.

The hosts took the lead in the match already in the seventh minute of the match from a corner kick. Star striker Victor Osimhen rose to his own heights and continued the ball in front of the Liverpool goal, from which Mario Lemina headed the ball by plunging into the bars of the net.

The match a questionable situation was seen in the second half, when the situation that led to Galatasaray’s 2-0 lead was ruled offside, even though the offside position was not Barış Yilmaz seemed to affect the game.

The situation could not be checked with VAR, because the referee Jesus Manzano stopped the play before the ball crossed the goal line.

A few moments later, Liverpool also scored a goal, which was disallowed. Ibrahima Konate ran the ball into the goal at the end of a chaotic corner situation, but the ball hit the French stopper’s hand in the situation.

After the disallowed goal, Liverpool pressed hard, but the chase was ultimately dull. Thus, it has to start in the second part of the match pair from the chasing position.

A total of four matches will be played in the Champions League on Tuesday. In the late night, Atalanta and Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid and Tottenham and Newcastle and Barcelona will meet.