UEFA Champions League, League Stage 2Lask LinzLAS 3 6 Full Time LiverpoolLIV Venue Raiffeisen Arena Referee Tobias StielerRobert Ljubicic 63Florian Flecker 74Florian Flecker 77 Ronald Araujo 22Bradley Barcola 24Bradley Barcola 37Jeremie Frimpong 51Bradley Barcola 66Lewis Koumas 72Bradley Barcola scored his first Liverpool hat-trick as the Reds bounced back from their defeat to Manchester City with a 6-3 win over LASK in the Champions League. Ronald Araujo, Jeremie Frimpong and Lewis Koumas were also on target for Andoni Iraolas side, who raced into a commanding lead before surviving a spirited second-half response from their Austrian opponents.Liverpool arrived in Linz looking to recover from Sundays 3-0 Premier League defeat at Anfield, with Iraola making several changes to his starting XI.With Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo and Hugo Ekitike unavailable through injury, Koumas led the attack alongside Barcola and Rio Ngumoha.The visitors made a bright start and Koumas almost opened the scoring after six minutes, rounding goalkeeper Lukas Jungwirth before being denied by a recovering defender.Liverpool eventually broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute when Araujo rose highest to meet Kostas Tsimikas corner and powered a header into the net.Just two minutes later, Barcola doubled the advantage with his first goal for the club.Ngumoha caused problems down the flank before Koumas collected the loose ball and picked out the Frenchman, who calmly finished from inside the penalty area.Liverpool continued to create chances, with Koumas having a goal ruled out for offside before Ryan Gravenberch struck the post following an excellent move involving Florian Wirtz.The third goal arrived in the 37th minute when Wirtz threaded a pass through to Barcola, who took the ball beyond his marker before finishing low into the far corner.It capped an impressive opening 45 minutes for Liverpool, who went into the break with a comfortable three-goal advantage.Lask hit back before Liverpool pull away Lask Linz Liverpool 3 Goals 6 2.06 xG 3.36 36% Possession 64% 12 Total Shots 26 4 Shots on Target 9 7 Shots off Target 12 3 Corners 11 7 Fouls 4 3 Offsides 6 1 Yellow Cards 0 2 Saves 1 310 Passes 573 251 Passes Completed 521 81% Pass Accuracy 91% Home Away However, LASK refused to give up and produced a much-improved attacking performance after the restart.Florian Flecker scored twice for the hosts, while Marin Ljubicic also found the net as Liverpool struggled to maintain the defensive control they had shown during the first half.The Austrian side were particularly dangerous when breaking forward, with Yadaly Diaby providing three assists during the contest.Despite conceding three times, Liverpool continued to threaten at the other end and their attacking quality ultimately proved too much for the hosts.Barcola completed his hat-trick to mark a memorable evening, while Frimpong and Koumas also got on the scoresheet as Liverpool took their tally to six.Koumas goal was particularly satisfying after the youngster had earlier seen two efforts disallowed.The result gives Liverpool two wins from their opening two Champions League matches this season, following their victory over Atletico Madrid.The UEFA Champions League Table UEFA Champions League 2026 World #TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGDPtsLast 2 1 Barcelona22009276 W W 2 Sporting CP22005146 W W 3 Arsenal22004046 W W 4 Bayern Mnchen21108354 D W 5 Paris Saint Germain11006153 W 6 Como11004133 L 7 Manchester United21014223 L W 8 VfB Stuttgart11003123 W 9 Manchester City11002023 W 10 Villarreal21015413 W L 11 Aston Villa11003213 W 12 Real Betis11003213 W 13 Atletico Madrid21013213 W L 14 Borussia Dortmund11003213 W 15 Liverpool11002113 W 16 Real Madrid11002113 W 17 AEK Athens FC11001013 W 18 Club Brugge KV21016603 W L 19 Lens210134-13 L W 20 RB Leipzig210124-23 W L 21 Sabah FA210124-23 W L 22 AS Roma10101101 D 23 Shakhtar Donetsk10101101 D 24 Fenerbahe10101101 D 25 PSV Eindhoven201112-11 L D 26 Viking201146-21 D L 27 Lask Linz100101-10 L 28 Inter200246-20 L L 29 FC Porto100102-20 L 30 Slavia Praha200225-30 L L 31 Napoli200214-30 L L 32 Lille200226-40 L L 33 Feyenoord100115-40 W 34 Galatasaray200227-50 L L 35 Slovan Bratislava100116-50 L 36 Bodo/Glimt100105-50 L Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/8-finals) Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/16-finals) Upcoming fixtures for Lask Linz and Liverpool Upcoming Fixtures : Lask Linz UEFA Champions League Sporting CP SPO 20:00 2026-10-21 Lask Linz LAS UEFA Champions League Lask Linz LAS 20:00 2026-11-03 Slovan Bratislava SLO UEFA Champions League Bodo/Glimt BOD 17:45 2026-11-24 Lask Linz LAS UEFA Champions League Lask Linz LAS 20:00 2026-12-09 Fenerbahe FEN UEFA Champions League Real Madrid REA 20:00 2027-01-19 Lask Linz LAS Upcoming Fixtures : Liverpool Premier League Brentford BRE 15:00 2026-10-17 Liverpool LIV UEFA Champions League Liverpool LIV 20:00 2026-10-20 Villarreal VIL Premier League Liverpool LIV 15:00 2026-10-24 Brighton BRI Premier League Liverpool LIV 16:30 2026-11-01 Arsenal ARS UEFA Champions League Fenerbahe FEN 17:45 2026-11-04 Liverpool LIV Topics Liverpool F.C. 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