Fenerbahce Stun Liverpool 3-2 to End Perfect Start — SkimNews
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- Liverpool lost 3-2 at Fenerbahce on 4 November 2026, ending their perfect Champions League start halfway through the eight-game league phase with a first European defeat.
- Trey Nyoni, 19, scored his first professional goal with a deflected volley in the 25th minute, wrong-footing Ederson to put Liverpool ahead.
- Mason Greenwood equalized in the 29th minute with a free kick that took a large deflection off Jeremy Jacquet, leaving Alisson stranded and erasing Nyoni’s advantage four minutes later.
- Alexander Isak came on alongside Florian Wirtz and Cody Gakpo and scored with his first touch in the 69th minute, after Gakpo’s cross restored Liverpool’s second lead.
- Archie Brown equalized for Fenerbahce in the 73rd minute, tapping home after miscommunication between Gakpo and Alisson left Liverpool exposed at the back.
- Vedat Muriqi headed home a sky-high cross in the 79th minute to complete Fenerbahce’s comeback and secure the hosts’ first Champions League win of the season.
- Andoni Iraola made five changes from the side that lost to Arsenal three days earlier, resting Isak and Wirtz before introducing them with Gakpo during the match.
Why it matters: Fenerbahce earned its first Champions League victory of the season, while Liverpool’s opening four league-phase games ended with their first defeat. The score also exposed how little separated the sides: Liverpool led after four minutes, lost that advantage after another four, regained it, then conceded twice in the final 10 minutes.
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