Europa League:  Youthful Reds Beaten in Dead Rubber at Saint Gilloise 

Liverpool’s youngest European team in their history found the Europa League just too tough for them in Brussels as Jurgen Klopp’s experimental side lost the dead rubber 2-1 at Union Saint-Gilloise.

A first senior goal for the ever-improving 20-year-old centre-back Jarell Quansah, their 14th different scorer this season, was the only highlight on a testing evening for Klopp’s young guns.

Quansah’s 40th-minute leveller equalled a club record 34th-successive goal-scoring match, with Manchester United on Sunday standing in the way of a new landmark and Mohamed Salah, Virgil Van Dijk and Alisson Becker all to return after being left at home.

Liverpool’s top spot was already secure despite a second defeat but the win took Union into the Europa Conference League play-offs.

The team’s average age was just 21.9 years old – Wataru Endo, 30, five years older than the next senior player – with only Ibrahima Konate and Cody Gakpo considered regular starters

Results 

LASK 1-2 Toulouse 

U’St Gilloise 2-1 Liverpool 

Pana’kos 1-2 M’Haifa

Rennes 2-3 Villarreal 

Roma 3-0 Sheriff

Leverkusen 5-1 Molde

NPFL

Rivers Utd 2-0 Bayelsa Utd