Liverpool’s performance at the Stadium de Toulouse was subpar, falling two goals behind before Cristian Casseres Jr own goal provided a lifeline. Although Frank Magri’s goal extended the hosts’ lead to 3-1, Diogo Jota’s late goal set the stage for a tense finish.

Jarell Quansah appeared to have scored a potential equalizer deep into stoppage time, but a VAR review disallowed it due to an alleged handball by Alexis Mac Allister during the buildup.

Jurgen Klopp, in his post-match press conference, expressed greater concern about Liverpool’s overall performance than the decision to disallow Quansah’s goal, a sentiment echoed by Joe Gomez.

“It’s obviously disappointing, we never quite got control of the game. Obviously they went in front and then we never really got control of the game,” Gomez said to TNT Sports.

“They made it difficult for us with the atmosphere but it’s on us. It’s frustrating that the decision didn’t go for us but we shouldn’t have been in this position in the first place.

“I think everyone is obviously complaining about it but we have to control the game and it’s easy for us to moan and complain about the decision but I think they will look at it and if it’s a goal, it’s a goal and if it’s not, it’s not. It is what it is and we can’t control that.

“All we can do is not be in this position to begin with and not be chasing the game at that point so we have to work on it and go again in the next game.”

Gomez added, “I think they made it difficult, we didn’t quite get hold of second balls and they were quite aggressive in the challenges. We didn’t stay composed around their box and we didn’t use the ball well enough. But we created some decent chances and got two goals.

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Liverpool have been dealt a big setback after finding that Virgil van Dijk’s hamstring injury is worse than first thought.

The centre-back was substituted at halftime of Monday’s 3-1 loss at Brentford after experiencing calf pain, and Jurgen Klopp said after the game that he did not believe the issue was too significant.

“Hopefully not [an injury]. Virgil felt his muscle a little and that is fine, he’s a good judge of these kinds of things. But I didn’t want to take any risk,” he said.

“The physios looked quite happy when I said we don’t take risks. I think it’s not an injury, it’s just he felt the intensity.”

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However, The Athletic report Van Dijk will now see a specialist as the injury is more significant that initially thought.

A timeframe has not been set on the Dutchman’s recovery of yet, but this will become clearer following consultation.

Liverpool currently has four senior centre-back options. Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip completed the encounter against Brentford on Monday, and Joe Gomez and Nat Phillips are also available. Jordan Henderson and Fabinho both played defence for the Reds during their injury-plagued 2020/21 season.

This weekend, Klopp’s men face Wolves in the FA Cup before returning to Premier League play against Brighton and then Chelsea.

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On Saturday night at Anfield, Leeds United stunned Liverpool 2-1 with a last-second goal from Crysencio Summerville, handing Jurgen Klopp’s team their first home Premier League loss in 30 games.

After four minutes, Liverpool had another catastrophic start when Joe Gomez threw a careless back pass to Alisson, who had slipped and gone out of his goal, creating a huge opening for Rodrigo to gallop into and score.

Mohamed Salah levelled for Liverpool 10 minutes later when Andy Robertson crossed for the Egypt international to hook a volley into the net from close range, igniting the Liverpool supporters.

Leeds, who were winless in their past eight Premier League games, were undeterred by the equaliser and continued flying around the field, with the crossbar and some timely saves by Alisson the only things keeping Liverpool level at the break.

Klopp’s side created a total of 22 scoring chances but injuries and illness have robbed them of key players, not least in attack where they are missing Diogo Jota.

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Liverpool were better in the second half and pushed hard for victory.

Illan Meslier, the goalkeeper for Leeds, nearly single-handedly kept his team in the game by saving excellently from Darwin Nunez in a one-on-one after 67 minutes and then blocking another shot from the Uruguayan international 11 minutes later.

Meslier’s saves set the scene for Summerville to steal the three points with a last-gasp poacher’s finish.

On the eve of his 21st birthday, the forward snapped up a ball in the box from Patrick Bamford and quickly let fly a snapshot across Alisson and into the net for the winner.

The defeat, which comes on the heels of Liverpool’s loss to the bottom-placed Nottingham Forest on October 22, worsens the situation at the struggling Merseyside club, which is currently ninth in the standings with 16 points after 12 games.

The win takes Leeds out of the relegation zone up to 15th on 12 points.

In addition, Before the World Cup starts next month, Liverpool has league games against Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton left to play. Klopp is looking for solutions to his team’s poor Premier League performance.

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Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp has accused his Arsenal counterpart, Mikel Arteta, of influencing the referee’s decisions during their Premier League clash on Sunday.

He specifically claimed that the Spaniard pressured referee Michael Oliver to show Liverpool’s players unjustified cards during their 3-2 loss to Arsenal.

Gunner’s goals came from Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli, while the visitors’ goals came from Darwin Nunez and Roberto Firmino.

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Klopp acknowledged that he was not pleased with Arteta’s efforts to influence the referee into cautioning Joe Gomez for excessive time-wasting in the second half, He said:

“But Joe Gomez’s yellow card, a defender, a yellow card for this throw-in situation.

“In the first half, I don’t know how often and how long Arsenal were looking for an option in a throw-in yet nothing happened, and I’m fine with that.

“But Joey is there and Mikel is having a go at the ref and then he [Oliver] says, ‘okay, yellow card’ from a distance and you think, ‘yellow card, for that?’

“So again, nothing to do with the result, just these situations, they don’t help but you’re right, they’re useless conversations [with the referee]..”

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