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Barcola's first Liverpool hat-trick powers 6-3 Champions League rout of LASK
October 14, 2026 at 07:59 PM · Updated 2d ago
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Bradley Barcola scored his first Liverpool goals as Andoni Iraola's side beat LASK 6-3 in Linz, making it two Champions League wins from two.
- Bradley Barcola scored his first Liverpool goals with a hat-trick, ending six appearances without a goal or assist since his move from Paris Saint-Germain.
- Ronald Araújo opened the scoring with a first-half header from a Kostas Tsimikas corner, his first goal for the club.
- Lask replied with a Robert Ljubicic strike and two late Florian Flecker goals to trim the final margin to 6-3.
- According to Opta, Liverpool fielded their third-youngest European lineup at an average age of 24 years and 186 days.
- Liverpool's 19 first-half shots set a Champions League away-game record since tracking began in 2003-04.
- Lewis Koumas scored and assisted, becoming the second Liverpool player aged 21 or under to do so in a Champions League match.
- Barcola's hat-trick was the 1,000th goal scored by a French player in Champions League history.













