(Football news)The French team was sitting third in the group with four points at the halfway point after the Reds thrashed the Coupe de France winners 5-1 during their match two weeks ago at Anfield.
Les Violets suffered such a catastrophic defeat when they traveled to Merseyside two weeks ago, only a few months after Toulouse’s 5-1 thumping of Nantes in the Coupe de France final, which guaranteed Toulouse’s spot in the Europa League.
Thijs Dallinga’s goal to wipe out Diogo Jota’s early lead start startled the Kop, but further goals from Wataru Endo, Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah, and Ryan Gravenberch soon turned Toulouse’s Anfield dream into a nightmare and handed Carles Martinez’s team their first continental defeat of the new season.
Though Toulouse’s opening draw against Union SG and their 1-0 victory over LASK Linz are not to be laughed at, should the former defeat the latter this week, Les Violets will at the very least be relegated to the Europa Conference League if they can shock the Reds on Thursday night.
However, Toulouse’s 3-0 Ligue 1 loss to Montpellier HSC three days after being humiliated by Liverpool signaled the start of a depressing three-game losing run. On Sunday, newly promoted Le Havre shocked Martinez’s team 2-0 at Stadium Municipal.
After edging past LASK on matchday two, Les Violets have now lost five straight games. Toulouse’s seven-game home unbeaten streak was also ended by Le Havre’s stunning victory over the weekend, which further dimmed hopes ahead of the visit of one of the tournament favorites.
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