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Slot made four changes to his starting XI, with Jeremie Frimpong, Cody Gakpo and Curtis Jones joining Ekitike in the line-up.
Liverpool: Alisson (Mamardashvili, 56), Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Jones, Gakpo (Isak, 62), Ekitike (Mac Allister, 69), Frimpong (Salah, 62), Gravenberch (Bradley, 62).
Unused subs: Woodman, Gomez, Endo, Robertson, Ngumoha.
First half
Alisson made a good early save from Baris Alper Yilmaz and Liverpool then settled into a rhythm of dominating possession amid the deafening whistles of the home crowd.
A lovely move ended with Frimpong’s low cross – aimed for Ekitike – being cut out by Davinson Sanchez and the Reds’ No.22 then miscued a header from Gakpo’s cross.
The momentum of the half hinged on a minute around the quarter-hour mark as, first, Gakpo saw an effort cleared off the line at one end before Galatasaray won a penalty at the other.
Dominik Szoboszlai was adjudged to have fouled Yilmaz and Osimhen stepped up to convert from 12 yards.
The visitors resumed control of possession but were unable to test home goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir until Florian Wirtz dug out a snapshot from Frimpong’s knockdown that was tipped wide.
Galatasaray then somehow cleared the danger following a corner where Virgil van Dijk made first contact and Milos Kerkez and Ekitike each attempted to force the ball over the line.
