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Liverpool have revealed who they will face in the Europa League group stage and the dates for their fixtures have been confirmed. Jürgen Klopp can be very pleased.
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The main story on Transfer Day was Liverpool getting Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch over the line, but on a busy Friday, Jürgen Klopp also held a press conference and the Europa League draw took place.
While Liverpool would have preferred to be involved in Thursday night’s Champions League draw, Klopp’s side can take positives from playing in a different competition this time around.
LASK, who finished third in the Austrian Bundesliga last season and are currently in fifth place, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, currently fifth in the Belgian professional league, and Toulouse, who finished 13th in Ligue 1 last season, were eliminated from the hat, but survived. With the victory of the Coupe de France. Toulouse are back in the bottom half after the first three matches of the 2023/24 season in France.
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MATT ADDISON
September 2, 2023 at 12:00 p.m
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp can be content with losing UEFA draws. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp can be content with losing UEFA
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The main story on Transfer Day was Liverpool getting Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch over the line, but on a busy Friday Jurgen Klopp also held a press conference and the Europa League draw took place.
While Liverpool would have preferred to take part in Thursday night’s Champions League draw, Klopp’s side can take positives from playing in a different competition this time around.
LASK, who finished third in the Austrian Bundesliga last season and are currently in fifth place, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, currently fifth in the Belgian professional league, and Toulouse, who finished 13th in Ligue 1 last season, came out of the hat, but survived. With the victory of the Coupe de France. Toulouse are back in the bottom half after the first three matches of the 2023/24 season in France.
In these teams, Liverpool have a group that should be easy to take care of. Klopp has the ability to pivot and make changes and his side should still go through comfortably. In fact, the biggest winners of the draw could be Ben Doak and Bobby Clark, although Mohamed Salah may also want to add to his goal tally.
The ability to make changes to his starting lineup is important for Klopp. It’s a luxury he hasn’t been able to afford in recent seasons, having been in the Champions League, where promotion is much more difficult. It’s also much easier to get their biggest stars to appear in matches with significantly less prestige.
For example, as long as Liverpool have enough bodies in defence, there is no reason for Virgil van Dijk to feature in any of the group games. The same could be said of Andy Robertson – and ideally Salah – and that might not be true if Liverpool were in a tougher group, perhaps facing Sporting CP.
That would mean those key men would be kept fresh for Premier League games and the fixture list now confirmed by UEFA means Liverpool have an advantage there too.
As well as being drawn into a fairly comfortable group, Liverpool also had the advantage of playing their matches in order, which should suit the Reds.
Europa League match dates in total
KALKUUS (A) – September 21
Union SG (H) – 5 October
Toulouse (H) – October 26
Toulouse (A) – November 9
KALKUUS (H) – Novem
MATT ADDISON
September 2, 2023 at 12:
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The main story on Transfer Day was Liverpool getting Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch over the line, but on a busy Friday, Jürgen Klopp also held a press conference and the Europa League draw took place.
While Liverpool would have preferred to take part in Thursday night’s Champions League draw, Klopp’s side can take positives from playing in a different competition this time around.
LASK, who finished third in the Austrian Bundesliga last season and are currently in fifth place, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, currently fifth in the Belgian professional league, and Toulouse, who finished 13th in Ligue 1 last season, were eliminated from the hat, but survived. With the victory of the Coupe de France. Toulouse are back in the bottom half after the first three matches of the 2023/24 season in France.
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In these teams, Liverpool have a group that should be easy to take care of. Klopp has the ability to pivot and make changes and his side should still go through comfortably. In fact, the biggest winners of the draw could be Ben Doak and Bobby Clark, although Mohamed Salah may also want to add to his goal tally.
The ability to make changes to his starting lineup is important for Klopp. It’s a luxury he hasn’t been able to afford in recent seasons, having been in the Champions League, where promotion is much more difficult. It’s also much easier to get their biggest stars to appear in matches with significantly less prestige. For example, as long as Liverpool have enough bodies in defence, there is no reason for Virgil van Dijk to feature in any of the group games. The same could be said of Andy Robertson – and ideally Salah – and that might not be true if Liverpool were in a tougher group, perhaps facing Sporting CP.
That would mean those key men would be kept fresh for Premier League games and the fixture list now confirmed by UEFA means Liverpool have an advantage there too.
As well as being drawn into a fairly comfortable group, Liverpool also had the advantage of playing their matches in order, which should suit the Reds.
Europa League match dates in total
KALKUUS (A) – September 21
Union SG (H) – 5 October
Toulouse (H) – October 26
Toulouse (A) – November 9
KALKUUS (H) – November 30
Union SG (A) – December 14
After the first group game, Liverpool have a home game against West Ham (David Moyes’ side Bačka Topola in their EC opener), while a tough-looking away game at Brighton is preceded by a Europa League home game with Union. SG. Brighton have a much tougher game away at Marseille.
Liverpool’s next three Europa League games are followed by league games at Anfield (against Nottingham Forest, Brentford and Fulham respectively) before a final group game away to Union SG before a trip to Old Trafford.
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Then Liverpool will hope to have successfully reached first place, while Manchester United host Bayern Munich. This Champions League match is two days early, but it’s a tough battle – and Erik ten Hag’s side may need a win to progress to the knockout stage.
In short, Liverpool have several advantages going forward. Klopp can rotate while still being able to top the group (the former is important to avoid an extra relegation round in the new year) and the Reds’ fixtures are also nicely arranged around the more difficult games against Europe’s top leagues. competition
The Europa League is not the competition Liverpool wanted to play this season, but now that it is happening, tripling the weakened opposition allows for the rotation and development of young players, the game plan and the commitments of domestic rivals in the group stage. couldn’t be much cheaper.
