Victor Osimhen fires Galatasaray to victory on hellish night for Liverpool

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Arne Slot’s side suffered back-to-back defeats after falling to Galatasaray in Istanbul. Their performance may trouble Liverpool’s head coach greater than the result.Liverpool were short on ideas and again suspect defensively as they were beaten by Victor Osimhen’s first-half penalty.

The same could be said of the entire Liverpool team in the first half as Galatasaray embraced the occasion.Rams Park, or Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi to give Galatasaray’s home their unsponsored name, pulsated with noise 45 minutes before kick-off. Galatasaray had won only one of their last 18 Champions League group games prior to Liverpool’s visit and none of their last seven European ties, a sorry sequence that included a 5-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt in the opening game of this league phase.

There would be no reprieve for Liverpool’s makeshift full-back when Yilmaz next had a run at him.Hugo Ekitiké steered a free header wide from Cody Gakpo’s cross as the visitors attempted to silence the din. But Slot’s side were unconvincing at the back and almost punished again when Osimhen dispossessed Ryan Gravenberch before being tripped by the midfielder just outside the Liverpool area.