Galatasaray 1-0 Liverpool result –Victor Osimhen's first-half penalty condemns Arne Slot’s Reds to defeat in Istanbul

Champions League / League Phase
Rams Park / 30.09.2025
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    FREE KICK TO GALATASARAY ON THE EDGE OF THE LIVERPOOL PENALTY AREA
    Gravenberch is caught in possession 35 yards out.
    Osimhen seizes the ball but is taken down by the Dutchman, who receives a yellow card.
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    STOPPAGE TIME
    Three minutes added.
    42'
    GALATASARAY EAGER TO GET TO THE INTERVAL WITH THEIR LEAD INTACT
    The home side have barely featured as an attacking force since the goal and even seem reluctant to counter with any real desire at present.
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    LIVERPOOL ARE PRESSING WITHOUT CREATING MUCH OF NOTE
    The boos and whistles continue to greet every touch from the visitors, who are huffing and puffing without really conjuring up anything particularly slick in the attacking third.
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    PHOTO: WIRTZ EYES UP THE ATTACKING OPTIONS AHEAD OF HIM
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    YELLOW CARD!
    Lemina booked for bringing down Jones on the charge.
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    LIVERPOOL ATTEMPT
    Gakpo takes down a supreme VVD ball on the left, cuts inside and feeds Wirtz, who takes too long before firing a tame 25-yard shot at the defender.
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    LIVERPOOL CHANCE
    Konate meets a left-wing corner at the near post but flashes a header just wide.
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    LIVERPOOL HALF CHANCE
    The resulting right-wing corner is nodded down by van Dijk, but Kerkez's shot on the swivel is blocked and Ekitike is denied by a last-gasp challenge.
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    LIVERPOOL CHANCE
    Frimpong nods down Gakpo's hanging cross for Wirtz, who forces a smart save out of Ugurcan Çakir.
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    GALATASARAY HALF CHANCE
    Kerkez plays a poor pass to Gravenberch in the midfield and a heavy touch allows the hosts to feed Osimhen in the right channel. The Nigerian slides a dangerous ball across the six-yard box, where Konate is well-placed to shepherd it behind.
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    PHOTO: OSIMHEN CELEBRATES HIS OPENING GOAL FROM THE PENALTY SPOT
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    GALATASARAY ARE A FORCE ON HOME TURF
    The Istanbul outfit have only been beaten by three sides in their last 19 European home matches.
    Who?
    Young Boys in 2024-25, Bayern Munich in 2023-24 and Barcelona in the 2021-22 Europa League.
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    GALATASARAY ATTEMPT
    Osimhen gets a sniff of goal 22 yards out, slightly right of centre but his thumping shot is well blocked.
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    PHOTO: GRAVENBERCH PROBES AS THE VISITORS HUNT AN EQUALISER
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    OSIMHEN V ENGLISH OPPOSITION?
    Six games... Six goals!
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    PHOTO: EKITIKE LEADS A LIVERPOOL ATTACK
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    GOAL! - GALATASARAY 1-0 LIVERPOOL: (OSIMHEN)
    The Nigerian fires a clinical penalty down the middle to mark his first club start since August with a goal.
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    PENALTY TO GALATASARAY!
    Szoboszlai is penalised for catching Yilmaz in the face as he tried to cut inside.
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    LIVERPOOL CHANCE
    Ekitike is sent surging through on goal but the 'keeper makes a save. It rebounds to Gakpo who sees an effort cleared off the line.
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    LIVERPOOL'S SWITCH FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IS GIVING GALATASARAY SOME PROBLEMS
    Virgil van Dijk has arrowed a couple of excellent long, diagonal passes towards the speedy Frimpong.
    One resulted in a corner while they other came to nothing, but it's certainly one to watch.