LASK Linz vs Liverpool, 2026-27 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

Liverpool rout LASK Linz with Barcola's first UCL hat trick

Bradley Barcola responded to growing but scrutiny of his performances to score his first Champions League hat trick in Liverpool's 6-3 win over LASK Linz.

• 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• 0': First Half begins.
• 3': Foul by Krystof Danek (LASK).
• 3': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 3': Attempt missed. Jeremie Frimpong (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
• 5': Attempt blocked. Krystof Danek (LASK) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Yvan Dibango with a cross.
• 5': Corner, LASK. Conceded by Kostas Tsimikas.
• 6': Attempt missed. Lewis Koumas (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
• 6': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrés Andrade.
• 7': Corner, LASK. Conceded by Jérémy Jacquet.
• 8': Attempt missed. Kasper Jørgensen (LASK) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Melayro Bogarde following a corner.
• 10': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrés Andrade.
• 11': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
• 11': Attempt missed. Ronald Araujo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
• 11': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Lukas Jungwirth (LASK). Assisted by Ronald Araujo.
• 13': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 17': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kasper Jørgensen.
• 18': Attempt missed. Ronald Araujo (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.
• 18': Foul by Samuel Adeniran (LASK).
• 18': Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 19': Offside, Liverpool. Bradley Barcola is caught offside.
• 21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Alemão.
• 22': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Alemão.
• 22': Goal! LASK 0, Liverpool 1. Ronald Araujo (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.
• 24': Attempt blocked. Lewis Koumas (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 24': Goal! LASK 0, Liverpool 2. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lewis Koumas.
• 25': Melayro Bogarde (LASK) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 25': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
• 31': Offside, Liverpool. Lewis Koumas is caught offside.
• 33': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) hits the right post with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Bradley Barcola.
• 33': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
• 33': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Melayro Bogarde.
• 33': Attempt missed. Jérémy Jacquet (Liverpool) header from very close range is too high following a corner.
• 35': Attempt blocked. Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bradley Barcola.
• 35': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Alemão.
• 35': Attempt missed. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rio Ngumoha following a corner.
• 35': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrés Andrade.
• 36': Attempt missed. Christoph Lang (LASK) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alessandro Schöpf.
• 37': Goal! LASK 0, Liverpool 3. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
• 39': Christoph Lang (LASK) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 39': Foul by Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool).
• 40': Corner, LASK. Conceded by Jérémy Jacquet.
• 40': Attempt missed. Kasper Jørgensen (LASK) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Krystof Danek with a cross following a corner.
• 41': Offside, LASK. Samuel Adeniran is caught offside.
• 42': Attempt missed. Samuel Adeniran (LASK) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Krystof Danek.
• 43': Foul by Samuel Adeniran (LASK).
• 43': Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 45': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
• 45': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Lukas Jungwirth (LASK). Assisted by Trey Nyoni.
• 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
• 45'+1': Foul by Andrés Andrade (LASK).
• 45'+1': Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 45'+2': Attempt missed. Trey Nyoni (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
• 45'+2': First Half ends, LASK 0, Liverpool 3.
• 45': Substitution, LASK. Florian Flecker replaces Kasper Jørgensen.
• 45': Second Half begins LASK 0, Liverpool 3.
• 47': Offside, Liverpool. Kostas Tsimikas is caught offside.
• 48': Offside, Liverpool. Lewis Koumas is caught offside.
• 49': Attempt missed. Christoph Lang (LASK) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
• 51': Goal! LASK 0, Liverpool 4. Jeremie Frimpong (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross.
• 53': Offside, Liverpool. Lewis Koumas is caught offside.
• 56': Foul by Alessandro Schöpf (LASK).
• 56': Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 60': Offside, LASK. Samuel Adeniran is caught offside.
• 61': Attempt saved. Krystof Danek (LASK) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Alemão.
• 61': Alemão (LASK) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 61': Foul by Lewis Koumas (Liverpool).
• 62': Substitution, Liverpool. Virgil van Dijk replaces Jérémy Jacquet.
• 62': Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Ronald Araujo.
• 62': Substitution, LASK. Robert Ljubicic replaces Melayro Bogarde.
• 63': Goal! LASK 1, Liverpool 4. Robert Ljubicic (LASK) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yvan Dibango.
• 64': Offside, LASK. Christoph Lang is caught offside.
• 66': Goal! LASK 1, Liverpool 5. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
• 69': Attempt blocked. Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
• 69': Attempt blocked. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas.
• 69': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Alemão.
• 71': Substitution, LASK. Sasa Kalajdzic replaces Samuel Adeniran.
• 71': Substitution, LASK. Daniel Elfadli replaces Alessandro Schöpf.
• 72': Goal! LASK 1, Liverpool 6. Lewis Koumas (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
• 73': Substitution, Liverpool. Víctor Muñoz replaces Bradley Barcola.
• 74': Attempt missed. Yvan Dibango (LASK) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sasa Kalajdzic with a through ball.
• 74': Goal! LASK 2, Liverpool 6. Florian Flecker (LASK) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yvan Dibango.
• 77': Offside, Liverpool. Rio Ngumoha is caught offside.
• 77': Goal! LASK 3, Liverpool 6. Florian Flecker (LASK) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yvan Dibango with a cross.
• 79': Foul by Robert Ljubicic (LASK).
• 79': Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 80': Foul by Daniel Elfadli (LASK).
• 80': Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 80': Daniel Elfadli (LASK) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 81': Attempt missed. Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a set piece situation.
• 81': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrés Andrade.
• 82': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross.
• 82': Substitution, LASK. Nael Kane replaces Christoph Lang.
• 85': Substitution, Liverpool. Alexis Mac Allister replaces Trey Nyoni.
• 85': Substitution, Liverpool. Luke Chambers replaces Rio Ngumoha because of an injury.
• 88': Attempt missed. Alemão (LASK) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Yvan Dibango.
• 89': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrés Andrade.
• 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
• 90'+1': Xavier Mbuyamba (LASK) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 90'+1': Foul by Luke Chambers (Liverpool).
• 90'+4': Second Half ends, LASK 3, Liverpool 6.
• 0': Match ends, LASK 3, Liverpool 6.