Sloppy Liverpool slump to defeat at Fenerbahce

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And while Andoni Iraola will be scrutinised for making five changes, including resting three of his front four in Sunday's defeat to Arsenal, it was the way the team lost their cool and control in a game they had in hand which was more damaging. Alexander Isak had headed Liverpool into the lead It was a harsh result on 19-year-old Trey Nyoni, who belied his relative inexperience with a composed performance capped by an excellent volley to open the scoring, becoming Liverpool's youngest player to register his maiden goal in the Champions League and second-youngest scorer in the competition after Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Many of Liverpool's players did not cope well in that atmosphere but, to his immense credit, Nyoni shone. When Liverpool's breakthrough came it was fully deserved as Rio Ngumoha's cross to the far post saw Van Dijk's pressure force Brown to head weakly to the edge of the penalty area where Nyoni dispatched the dropping ball via a deflection off Oppong.

Isak headed in Gakpo's cross with his first chance after those two and Wirtz were summoned in the 66th minute, but the unmarked Brown tapped in the equaliser and more poor defending saw Muriqi head home the winner. Follow our live blog on RTÉ.ie/sport and RTÉ News app and listen to live commentary on Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 More stories on Read Next