Jurgen Klopp Mohamed Salah Joe Gomez Luis Díaz Cody Gakpo Europa League Austria Liverpool soccer Sport EUROPA Jurgen Klopp Mohamed Salah Joe Gomez Luis Díaz Cody Gakpo Europa League Austria Liverpool

Liverpool overwhelm LASK to reach Europa League last-16

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Liverpool cruised into the Europa League knock-out stages with a match to spare as a 4-0 victory over LASK confirmed their place as group winners.Early goals from Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo were enhanced by a second-half Mohamed Salah penalty - his 199th goal for the club - and an added-time strike by Gakpo as Toulouse's draw with Union Saint-Gilloise means a dreaded round-of-32 play-off was avoided.That mere fact alone will have delighted manager Jurgen Klopp, whose pre-match press conference had been littered with references to the intense December period ahead, but a club-record 12 points in the group stage shows how dominant the tournament favourites have been.The Reds' 100% home record was extended to 10 games and a third successive Anfield clean sheet for the first time since October 2022 means they have only conceded four times in front of their own fans while scoring 30.In reality, that record was never in danger as the Austrians are the weakest side in the group and that frailty was exposed twice inside three minutes early on by a home side registering nine changes, with only Salah and left-back Kostas Tsimikas retained from the weekend draw at Manchester City.A move which started on the left ended up on the right from where Joe Gomez crossed for Diaz to stoop and power home a twisting header.The second goal came from the same flank as Salah, teed up by Diaz, picked out Gakpo at the far post for the simplest of close-range volleyed finishes.Tsimikas smashed a fierce drive against the crossbar and the overwhelming confidence of the hosts was exemplified by Gomez, who has never scored in eight years at the club, drilling a 25-yard shot just wide.Much of the half appeared to revolve in getting Salah to his double

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