Date: Thursday 2 August 2012
Kick Off: 19:00
Venue: Central Stadion, Gomel
Competition: UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round 1st Leg
Referee: Ivan Kruzliak (Slovakia)
Broadcast: Premier Sports (18:55)
LINKS
http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=166156
LIVE ARTICLE
http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/139585
Liverpool gained a win in their first competitive match of the season away to FC Gomel on Thursday night.
The performance was anything but impressive, but Brendan Rodgers will be satisfied with an away victory in his first competitive match in charge of the Reds.
FC Gomel put up a spirited display and had a number of chances to take a shock lead, but a combination of poor finishing and an assured performance by Brad Jones denied them.
The most dangerous moment for Liverpool came on about 65 minutes when Syarhey Kazeka hit the post and then Dzmitry Platonaw somehow failed to convert on the rebound.
But just a couple of minutes later, Stewart Downing scored at the other end with a powerful finish from outside the box into the bottom right corner.
Liverpool will need to work on their creativity, but Rodgers has a win under his belt in his first match. But he will be disappointed that Joe Cole looks to have picked up yet another injury as he was forced off on 23 minutes to be replaced by Raheem Sterling.
The match also marked Jamie Carragher's 700th appearance in a Liverpool shirt, and he was handed the captaincy to mark the occasion.
Liverpool play Gomel in the return leg at Anfield next Thursday night.
LIVE SCOREBOARD
FC GOMEL - 0
LIVERPOOL - 1
Downing 67'
PREVIOUS ROUND
FC Gomel
Thursday 19 July 2012
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Leg
Renova 0-2 FC Gomel
Thursday 26 July 2012
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round Second Leg
FC Gomel 0-1 Renova
agg: 2-1
Liverpool
n/a
TEAMS
FC Gomel
1 Bushma
3 Matveychyk
5 Kirylchyk
6 Kashewski
13 Klimovich
7 Kazeka (Tsimashenka 90')
2 Voronkov
26 Nowak (Lipatkin 74')
21 Lyavitski (Dzemidovich 84')
32 Platonaw
9 Alumona
Subs: 16 Sakovich, 10 Yawseenka, 11 Sherakow, 18 Tsimashenka, 19 Lipatkin, 87 Dzemidovich, 92 Palomeque.
Liverpool
1 Jones
2 Johnson (Kelly 46')
37 Skrtel
23 Carragher
3 Enrique
14 Henderson (Lucas 65')
20 Spearing
8 Gerrard
10 Cole (Sterling 23')
29 Borini
19 Downing
Subs: 42 Gulacsi, 21 Lucas, 26 Adam, 31 Sterling, 33 Shelvey,
34 Kelly, 49 Robinson.
KEY UPDATES
3: FC GOMEL BOOKING
Dzmitry Klimovich receives a yellow card (2) for a foul on Stewart Downing.
23: LIVERPOOL SUB
Joe Cole is replaced by Raheem Sterling due to injury.
45: LIVERPOOL BOOKING
Jordan Henderson receives a yellow card (1) for a foul on Tomasz Nowak.
46: LIVERPOOL SUB
Glen Johnson is replaced by Martin Kelly at half time.
51: FC GOMEL BOOKING
Aleksandr Alumona receives a yellow card (1) for a foul on Martin Skrtel.
65: LIVERPOOL SUB
Jordan Henderson is replaced by Lucas.
67: GOAL - FC GOMEL 0-1 LIVERPOOL
Liverpool attack and Stewart Downing (1) lashes it into the bottom right corner of the net with his left foot from outside the box.
74: FC GOMEL SUB
Tomasz Nowak is replaced by Nikolay Lipatkin.
84: FC GOMEL SUB
Artur Lyavitski is replaced by Vadzim Dzemidovich.
88: LIVERPOOL BOOKING
Brad Jones receives a yellow card (1) for time wasting.
90: FC GOMEL SUB
Syarhey Kazeka is replaced by Alyaksey Tsimashenka.
LAST MATCHES
FC Gomel
Thursday 26 July 2012
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round Second Leg
FC Gomel 0-1 Renova
Liverpool
Sunday 13 May 2012
Barclays Premier League
Swansea 1-0 Liverpool
Head to head
n/a
TOP SCORERS
FC Gomel
Mikalay Kashewski - 6
Vadzim Dzemidovich - 5
Tomasz Nowak - 4
Liverpool
Stewart Downing - 1
FT: FC GOMEL 0-1 LIVERPOOL
posted on 2/8/12
*I should calrify my comments with lower placed teams in the EPL.
posted on 2/8/12
Castle Grayskull has a point to be fair.
The Premier League's record in the last decade in the EL is terrible compared to our record in the CL.
2 finalists in the EL in the last 11 years (both lost) compared to 8 finalists and 3 wins in the CL.
Part of that is because the EL is not taken as seriously, but its not the only reason.
A lot of our teams are just not very good on a European scale.
posted on 2/8/12
Hi, missed the first 5 minutes of the second half and can't be bothered to trawl all the comments, was Johnson injured? Or was it just giving players time?
posted on 3/8/12
comment by righteous1 (U7048)
posted about 11 hours ago
Castle Grayskull has a point to be fair.
The Premier League's record in the last decade in the EL is terrible compared to our record in the CL.
2 finalists in the EL in the last 11 years (both lost) compared to 8 finalists and 3 wins in the CL.
Part of that is because the EL is not taken as seriously, but its not the only reason.
A lot of our teams are just not very good on a European scale.
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Not to mention the fact that English clubs have did so well in the Champions League and thus haven't joined the Europa League, in the last ten years.
posted on 3/8/12
Seemed to me he wanted to keep Johnson fit as up until then, he was our biggest attacking threat.
posted on 3/8/12
Not to mention the fact that English clubs have did so well in the Champions League and thus haven't joined the Europa League, in the last ten years.
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How does that explain how your 5th and 6th place teams and cup winners did in the Europa?
posted on 3/8/12
It doesn't, and if I could be bothered to look it up, I am pretty sure most of the EL finalists in the last decade have not been CL drop-outs, so its barely even relevant anyway.
posted on 3/8/12
comment by Castle Grayskull's Rangers FC 54 and Coun... (U3573)
posted 37 minutes ago
Not to mention the fact that English clubs have did so well in the Champions League and thus haven't joined the Europa League, in the last ten years.
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How does that explain how your 5th and 6th place teams and cup winners did in the Europa?
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It doesn't it explains how other clubs, from other countries, who have won their league, finished second etc get knocked out of the Champions League and go on to win the Europa.
posted on 3/8/12
Yeah, but your lower placed teams get hammered in early ties. So it has nothing to do with that.
posted on 3/8/12
comment by Castle Grayskull's Rangers FC 54 and Coun... (U3573)
posted about 3 hours ago
Yeah, but your lower placed teams get hammered in early ties. So it has nothing to do with that.
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Yeah by teams who have dropped out of the Champions League, usually. However if there were teams consistently getting knocked out in the group stages of the Champions League, in England, you'd see English clubs doing a lot better in the Europa.
Fulham got to the final a few years ago, Liverpool the semi's the year after(?). Liverpool won it in 2001 and since then the English clubs have been fantastic in the Champions League and as such, they haven't played much in the Europa, when at their recent strongest.