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'Legend overthrown' - Toulouse FC celebrate incredible win over Liverpool

Liverpool were handed their first defeat in the Europa League against Toulouse FC

Toulouse FC players Vincent Sierro, Cristian Casseres Jr and Cesar Gelabert celebrate Europa League win over Liverpool.
Toulouse FC players Vincent Sierro, Cristian Casseres Jr and Cesar Gelabert celebrate win over Liverpool.(Image: Photo by Florencia Tan Jun - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)

Toulouse FC have described their Europa League win over Liverpool as 'overthrowing a new legend' in the south of France.


The Ligue 1 side picked up an important win in their pursuit of qualifying for the knockout stages. Their closest rivals, Union Saint-Gilloise, suffered defeat away to LASK as Toulouse moved three points clear in second, two points off the Reds.


Aron Donnum, Thijs Dallinga and Frank Magri were on target as they pounced on a lacklustre performance from Jurgen Klopp's side.


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Cristian Casseres offered a glimmer of hope after inadvertently halving the deficit with an own-goal until Magri restored the two-goal deficit two minutes later.

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Diogo Jota's superb finish following a mazy run sparked a nervy-finish and Liverpool thought they snatched a point in the seventh minute of stoppage time through Jarell Quansah.

The Reds academy graduate thought he opened his account with an unbeaten record-saving goal but Georgi Kabakov chalked off the effort, after it was adjudged that Alexis Mac Allister had handled in the build-up.

The decision meant that Toulouse added another famous night in their history. The official X account for last season's Coupe de France winners tweeted: "They did it!!!

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"After Naples in 1986, a new legend fell at the stadium!!! The Liverpool Reds are overthrown by our Purples."

In their first ever European campaign, Toulouse ran out 1-0 winners over Italian giants Napoli in the first leg of their first round UEFA Cup clash. The reverse fixture saw them lose 1-0 but come out on top on penalties.

Liverpool's 100 percent record in the Europa League was brought to a halt in France in a disappointing performance. The Reds failed to replicate the 5-1 scoreline against Le Téfécé, from two weeks earlier.

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