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Liverpool's lack of experience was on show as they were beaten 2-1 by Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in the Europa League on Thursday. With the likes of Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah, Luke Chambers, Harvey Elliott and Ben Doak, the Reds fielded their youngest ever starting XI in a European match and their disjointed team struggled to overcome the feisty Belgian hosts.
The defence was caught too high up and all over the place when Mohammed Amoura was sent through on goal to have a good run at Caoimhin Kelleher, rounding the goalkeeper before firing in the open goal. Defender Jarell Quansah managed to level matters for the Reds when he controlled a cross from a corner and fired in with one of Liverpool's only two shots in the game, but the back line was exposed again shortly afterwards when Cameron Puertas got through to lash in.
Despite the introduction of Ryan Gravenberch and Joe Gomez followed by Darwin Nunez in the second half, it was the home team that looked more capable of finding the net and even had one goal disallowed, as Jurgen Klopp's defence drowned while the attack failed to get going.
Liverpool were already through as group winners, but Jurgen Klopp will be concerned by how badly some of his team's most promising young players performed against the Belgian side.
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