‘We deserved to lose’

Liverpoolrsquos comeback fell short in a 32 loss at Toulouse in the Europa League on Thursday but it was still a victorious day for striker Luis DiazDiazrsquos father was released hours before the match 12 days after his kidnapping in northern Colombia by members of the guerrilla group National Liberation Army or ELN Diaz had appealed for his fatherrsquos release after scoring Sunday in a Premier League match revealing a Tshirt saying ldquoFreedom for Papardquo in SpanishAlso ReadYoung gun Saka sparkles in Arsenalrsquos triumphOn Thursday Diaz didnrsquot score but still tested Toulouse goalkeeper Guillaume Restes with a low rightfooted shot from outside the area in the first halfDonnum scores in first halfAron Donnum scored in the first half and Thijs Dallinga doubled the advantage just before the hour mark for the hosts who lost 51 at Anfield two weeks agoAn owngoal from Cristian Casseres made it 21 in the 74th minute but Frank Magri quickly restored the twogoal leadJurgen KloppDiogo Jota came on for Diaz in the 81st minute and scored eight minutes later Liverpool thought its equalised in stoppage time but Jarell Quansahrsquos goal was disallowed by VARThe game was Jurgen Klopprsquos 450th as manager for LiverpoolBefore it Klopp told TNT Sports the Colombia striker was ldquoreally happyrdquo with the news that his father was freedAfter the game he was not that happy with his teamrsquos performanceldquoIt was well deserved to lose because they won pretty much all the decisive challenges battlesrdquo Klopp said ldquoWe have too many situations where we should have won the ball but we didnrsquotrdquoLiverpool leads Group E with nine points from four games Toulouse trails by two in secondLeverkusen remained the last team with a perfect record after four games with a 10 victory at Qarabag in Group H The Bundesliga leader reached the round of 16 after Victor Boniface scored the winner from the penalty spot in stoppage timeBrighton scored early in each half to beat Ajax in Amsterdam 20 for its second straight win after defeating the struggling Dutch powerhouse by the same score two weeks agoLuis DiazForward Ansu Fati gave the Seagulls the lead against the run of play amid Ajaxrsquos early dominanceSimon Adingra doubled it on a counterattack to lift Brighton to second place in Group B with seven points Marseille leads with eight after Chancel Mbemba and Ismaila Sarr scored in a 20 win at AEK Athens which remains on four points in thirdSlavia down RomaSlavia beat Roma 20 in Prague handing Jose Mourinhorsquos team its first defeat Vaclav Jurecka and Lukas Masopust netted secondhalf goals for Slavia to tie Roma atop Group G with nine points eachAt London Stadium Lucas Paquetarsquos late volley secured a 10 for West Ham over Olympiacos to stay tied atop Group A with Freiburg which routed Serbiarsquos TSC Backa Topola 50Borja Iglesias Aitor Ruibal Marc Roca and Abdessamad Ezzalzouli all scored for Real Betis in a 41 victory over Aris Limassol and keep the lead in Group C with nine pointsDanilo Pereira and Todd Cantwell scored within eight minutes in the first half to set Rangers on the way to a 21 victory over Sparta Prague The Scots are second on sevenIn Group D Berat Djimsitirsquos goal helped Atalanta maintain the top place with 10 points after a 10 win over Sturm Graz Sporting is three points back in second after a 21 win over Polandrsquos RakowThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever