Barcola off the mark as Liverpool run riot in Austria

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Bradley Barcola off the mark with hat-trick as Liverpool run riot in Austria Updated / Wednesday, 14 Oct 2026 19:44 Getty Bradley Barcola scores his second goal - and Liverpool's third - against LASK Bradley Barcola responded to growing but premature scrutiny of his performances to score his first Champions League hat-trick in the 6-3 win over LASK in Austria. On-loan Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo made the important breakthrough with a towering header midway through the first half and 95 seconds later Barcola finally came to the party before doubling his tally before the break.

That is something which cannot be levelled at 21-year-old Lewis Koumas, who on his first Champions League start had two goals disallowed for offside before finally finding the net with a well-taken first-time shot. Lewis Koumas had two goals disallowed for offside before finally hitting the target But the 19 shots Liverpool had in the first half was an indicator of how one-sided the game was.

But when Araujo out-jumped Alemao to powerfully head down Tsimikas’ corner for his first goal it was followed almost immediately by Ngumoha’s threatening attack kept alive by Koumas for Barcola to sweep home a first-time shot. Six minutes into the second half Frimpong headed in a Tsimikas cross and although Robert Ljubicic pulled one back Koumas’ first Champions League goal made it 6-1.