Ryan Gravenberch netted his debut goal for Liverpool, helping secure a hard-fought 2-0 victory against Union St.-Gilloise in their Europa League clash at Anfield on Thursday.
Gravenberch, who arrived from Bayern Munich on deadline day, found the net in the 44th minute.
The midfielder capitalized on a rebound after Union goalkeeper Anthony Moris spilled a long-range shot taken by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Liverpool, however, encountered resilience from their Belgian opponents and only sealed the win in second-half stoppage time when Diogo Jota calmly slotted the ball past Moris from inside the box during a counterattack.
In the first half, Darwin Núñez missed a golden opportunity when he side-footed wide from close range after Mohamed Salah delivered a low cross.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp acknowledged that his team could have performed better.
“We lost rhythm slightly and gave too many set pieces away,” he told TNT Sport.
” Should have had more direction and all these kinds of things, but you take what you can get in these moments and I thought we were really mature and professional but we could have been a lot better in a lot of moments.”
Liverpool is in first place in Group E with six points after winning their first two matches, including their opener at LASK Linz.
Following a 1-0 victory over LASK thanks to a goal from Gabriel Suazo in the first half, Toulouse is in second place with four points.