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Liverpool faced back to back defeats in all competitions as they registered their first defeat in the UEFA Champions League 2025-26 campaign. It had been a pretty poor performance for the defending Premier League Champions, and their star German midfielder, Florian Wirtz, had been extremely poor in this match. Even Alisson and Hugo Ekitike were taken out injured. The second UEFA Champions League clash was a terrible match for Liverpool Football Club.
In the 14th minute, Liverpool had a huge chance, and after back to back missed chances, Galatasaray went on a counter attack, which Liverpool failed to capitalise on, and ultimately it ended up in a penalty committed by Dominik Szoboszlai. Victor Osimhen made no mistake in converting the penalty.
Liverpool lost 1-0 to Galatasaray in the UEFA Champions League gameweek 2
Both teams had nearly equal opportunities to score the next goal of the game throughout the first half. Liverpool kept their position as a slightly better team, but the only thing they left was the goal that the home side had. Almost all the attempts made by Liverpool were blocked by the Turkish side.
The only goal of the game, UEFA Champions League gameweek 2, was scored by Victor Osimhen via a penalty
But later in the first half, Liverpool looked really clueless, and they committed afrikik just before the penalty box line. Ryan Gravenberch was the one to blame for this free kick against Liverpool. But ultimately the shot was blocked, and the first ended 1-0 in favour of Galatasaray.
Victor Osimhen scored the only goal for Galatasaray
The second half of the game totally lacked the pace of the first half, and the home side was completely able to kill the tempo of the match. Liverpool had to deal with multiple injuries in the form of Alisson and Hugo Ekitike. These two had been the best players of Liverpool so far. Both of them can be huge misses if the injuries last longer.
At the dying moments of the game, it looked like Liverpool wanted a penalty, but VAR overruled the decision. After Hugo Ekitike was taken off, Liverpool lost the rhythm of the game completely, and it never looked like they were a threat. This had been Liverpool's worst performance this campaign so far. They never played like the English Champions. Ultimately, this game of UEFA Champions League gameweek 2 ended 1-0.
