diaz was given the option to play by managerjurgen klopp, who said that he wanted to start but liverpoolere always behind in the game to lose when two nil up through aaron dunnam and tie sterling and then had a31 and then had a 3—1 lead before liverpool provided a late charge. diogojota got one back in the 89th minute, but as they hunted the win that would have sent them through a late goal from jarell quansah was ruled out with the help of var because of a handball in the early stages of the build up. well, we had hoped to hearfrom jurgen klopp after the match. there were a number of issues that he could have spoken about had he been able to conduct his normal press conference. but reportedly for space reasons, it was moved to a marquee at the stadium to toulouse and a problem arose. and who had the idea to do the press conference here? that would be really interesting question. wow. thanks a lot. well, it's an honour. thank you. yeah, about it being different. has the toulouse fans not had anything to shout about? the bayer leverkusen did get the fourth straight europa league win that

liverpool are in action on sunday against luton, and their managerjurgen klopp said it'll be up to luis diaz, on whether he chooses to play or not. diaz returned to training this, following his father's kidnapping in colombia. reports from the country suggest the guerrilla group eln, are holding him, and will release him soon. the exact details of the rescue not clear at the moment. klopp says the decision rests with diaz, over his availability. the news from colombia, i did not get that personally. i normally get forewarned. i don't know. but everything gives us a little bit of hope, it is good. so we are waiting, actually, for the really good news. but that is it, pretty much, so i cannot really say what we will do because we just wait. where we can pick up the boy from and go from there but it is all about him. that he makes himself available or not and i will not force anything. afghanistan have beaten the netherlands by 7 wickets, to really boost their chances of making the semi—finals of the cricket world cup. azmattulah omazai and hashmattuh shahidi's partnership of 87 helped to

liverpool are in action on sunday against luton, and their managerjurgen klopp said it'll be up to luiso training this, following his father's kidnapping in colombia. reports from the country suggest the guerrilla group eln, are holding him, and will release him soon. the exact details of the rescue not clear at the moment. klopp says the decision rests with diaz, over his availability. the news from colombia, i did not

managerjurgen klopp says it's up to the winger if he plays or not, as he waits for news on his fatheraland's chances of getting to the cricket world cup semi—finals look to be increasing in theirfinal group game against sri lanka. kusal perera led the charge for sri lanka with an impressive 51 offjust 28 balls. he hit 11 boundaries and two sixes. but new zealand limited sri lanka tojust i7i inside 50 overs. in reply, the black caps have started well. rachin ravrindra has moved to the top of the run scorers list at this world cup. new zealand are currently 92 for 2 after losing two wickets in quick succession. there is commentary on that match. it's on 5live sports extra, the bbc sport website and app. there are two wickets lost there. australia captain meg lanning has announced her international retirement after 13 years at the highest level of cricket. lanning, who missed this summer's ashes for medical reasons, is australia women's greatest run scorer. the 31—year—old played for her country 241 times, winning seven world cups. she will continue to play domestic cricket. ijust i just

managerjurgen klopp was asked about the situation just before kick—off because he has been told, of courset's hear what he has to say. yes, i think it is not the one for the news — yes, i think it is not the one for the news. he looks really happy. thumbs — the news. he looks really happy. thumbs up — the news. he looks really happy. thumbs up all the time. it looks good, _ thumbs up all the time. it looks good, very. _ thumbs up all the time. it looks good, very, very good. but i'm not the one to — good, very, very good. but i'm not the one to release anything. so obviously. _ the one to release anything. so obviously, timing wise, it could not have _ obviously, timing wise, it could not have been— obviously, timing wise, it could not have been better. so if it is today, then _ have been better. so if it is today, then great — have been better. so if it is today, then great. yeah, that's all i can say _ he was asked if he wanted to start and jurgen klopp said, yes, so of course, with the team sheet with his name on it, liverpool tweeted a message saying that they are delighted by the news

managerjurgen klopp said he knew there would be a good atmosphere that's what i expect us to do, a europeanuropean nights at anfield, going for it. i will line up a team, minus the injured players, a team that will go for it and enjoy the game and fight for a result. and if anfield want to do that as well that will be helpful. rangers are at home to aris limassol where a win would send them through as well. they're second in their group on seven points, while limassol are bottom. they don't kick off until 8pm, lewis irons is at ibrox with more details. good evening from ibrox where rangers are set to hose their opponent from cyprus, knowing that three points will see them progress, for the visitors they know they need three points to stay in the competition. they have every right to be confident, they defeated rangers in the reverse fixture in cyprus in october, and that was was for philippe clement was in charge, was started well with six games in charge and no defeats. both teams ready to do battle here in ibrox in this group state preacher, manager is expecting an exciting and challengin

managerjurgen klopp's press conference afterwards the match was as tumultuous as those final momentse in the europa league, it was a great night in amsterdam for brighton, who recorded a commanding win over ajax. this is brighton's first european campaign — remember and they completed back—to—back victories against the dutch giants ansu fati, scoring before setting up simon adingra to make it 2—0. a goal by lucas paqueta put west ham top of their group as they beat olympiacos 1—0. two points from their final two games will be enough to ensure european action after christmas for the third season in a row. rangers are also in good shape to make the knock—out stage after a 2—1win over sparta prague, todd cantwell scoring what turned out to be the winner. rangers are second in their group. in the europa conference league, a late winner by ollie watkins helped aston villa come from behind to beat az alkmaar 2—1. after watkins sneaked in between the dutch defenders, villa need just one more point from their final two matches to reach the knockout stages. aberdeen can't now make it through

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