'Game of the year' - Austrian media react to Liverpool win and give Mohamed Salah new nickname
Second-half goals from Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool come from behind against LASK as the Reds won their opening Europa League group fixture.
Florian Flecker's 14th-minute strike handed the hosts the lead after Jurgen Klopp opted to fully rotate his starting line-up. This helped the Austrians grow in confidence and keep the Reds' best first-half opportunity - a Darwin Nunez header - from crossing the line.
Though in customary fashion Liverpool rallied after the break, scoring twice in seven minutes to swing the balance of the game. Nunez converted from the penalty spot before Diaz prodded in the crucial goal - assisted by Ryan Gravenberch on his full debut.
Salah arrived from bench along with Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai. The trio helped to see out the match, and the Egyptian added a third for good measure.
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At one stage the home support inside the Raiffessen Arena had belief they could muster an upset. Here is how the local media reacted to the eventual defeat:
National newspaper Kronen Zeitung wrote: "LASK challenged Liverpool FC in the 'Game of the Year' but was not rewarded for a courageous performance.
"Liverpool's star coach Jürgen Klopp completely changed his team compared to Saturday's league win against Wolverhampton and brought in 11 new players. The Linzers had decided to go into the game of the year with courage and carried it out with energetic duels. And even took the lead. Van Dijk was able to deflect a shot from Robert Zulj, and Sascha Horvath ideally delivered the resulting corner to Flecker, who
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