Genk: Jurgen Klopp admitted his delight for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as the midfielder made the most of a rare start by scoring twice in Liverpool’s 4-1 Champions League win over Genk in Belgium on Wednesday.
The England international, who missed almost all of last season due to injury and has been used sparingly in this campaign, opened the scoring in the second minute at the Luminus Arena. He then scored the visitors’ second, a sumptuous finish also from outside the box, just before the hour. Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah added further goals for the holders before substitute Stephen Odey pulled one back for Genk.
“Absolutely great moment for him. Ox’s performance was exactly like that of the team — the goals were great but all the rest could have been better, but that’s how it is, it’s no problem,” Klopp said. His contribution came after another fringe player, Adam Lallana, scored a late equaliser against Manchester United at the weekend.
“The goals were sensational and very important for us — it was wonderful last Sunday when Adam scored the goal and now Ox scored two which was really nice, absolutely great, a great story.” Oxlade-Chamberlain, 26, came back from a serious knee injury in time to be an unused substitute in last season’s Champions League final victory. “It’s a special tournament to play in. It was great to see the boys do so well last year, ” he told BT Sport. (AFP)
