Liverpool kicked off their Europa League campaign with a spectacular comeback, clinching a 3-1 victory over Linz ASK.
The winning goals were scored by Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz, and Mo Salah.
This marks the fourth time this season that Jurgen Klopp’s team has come from behind to secure a win after trailing in matches against Bournemouth, Newcastle, and Wolves in the Premier League.
LASK, who play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, took the lead in the 14th minute with an unstoppable drive from 25 yards by Florian Flecker.
Liverpool started slowly and were punished by a clever set-piece routine.
Sascha Horvath picked out Flecker on the edge of the penalty area at a corner and after controlling, he powered a superb strike into the bottom left corner.
However, Nunez was quick to respond with a penalty shortly after the break, followed by a beautiful finish from Diaz, who converted Ryan Gravenberch’s cross.
Substitute Salah wrapped up the victory two minutes from time by poking the ball home.
Liverpool’s Nunez attempted to level the score with a header, but Tobias Lawal denied him with a sensational save, shifting across his goal quickly to parry away the striker’s header from inside the six-yard box.
Diaz poked the ball wide from inside the box but won a penalty in the process as he was caught by Philipp Ziereis’ attempted block.
Nunez stepped up and slammed the spot-kick into the bottom left corner.
Liverpool’s goalkeeper, Caoimhin Kelleher, made crucial saves from Elias Havel and Marin Ljubicic before the visitors went ahead.
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The turning point came when Gravenberch burst through midfield to receive a pass from Harvey Elliott on the right before delivering a low cross into the middle for Diaz to sweep home.
Liverpool never looked like giving up their lead from there and made sure they would return to Merseyside with a victory when Salah poked home through the legs of Lawal.
This was Liverpool’s fourth win in which they have gone behind in all competitions this season (4 games behind), as many times as they managed in the whole of the 2022/23 campaign (25 games behind).
Mohamed Salah proved to be a key player, scoring 42 goals in major European competition for Liverpool, the joint-most of any player for an English club (level with Thierry Henry for Arsenal).
Salah has either scored or assisted in each of his last 12 games in all competitions for Liverpool, his outright best run of games with goal involvements for the Reds.
Luis Diaz also made a notable contribution, with all five goal involvements in European competition for Liverpool coming away from home (four goals, one assist).
