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Liverpool 4 - Hoffenheim 2: Emre Can brace fires Reds into Champions League group stages

All of Barcelona's attempts to enjoy the Brazilian playmaker away from Merseyside are doomed to failure, according to officials at Anfield.On this evidence, Coutinho could have trouble finding a place in the front row of Liverpool.The progression towards the group stages of the Champions League, only for the second time in eight seasons, was ensured comfortably.
Or at least as comfortably as possible, given their defensive oscillations.Do not get me wrong, Liverpool looks impressive.The best teams that Hoffenheim, however, could enjoy a field day against their back line.It seemed that Klopp was on a mission to prove a point for Hoffenheim midfielder Kerem Demirbay, who had managed to claim that his team was playing better football.The answer from the side of the house was to score three times in the first 21 minutes. Indeed, as Emre Can flew into Roberto Firmino's cross for this third goal, ending a sumptuous movement begun by a reverse of Sadio Mane, Klopp could be seen shouting: "It's football."It was a panting start. In the first three minutes, Mo Salah headed for the distance after a free-kick from Trent Alexander-Arnold was blocked, and Mane was thrown back by Oliver Baumann's left leg after he was played.The first goal was soon followed, and he was courteous by a sublime accumulation and a touch of fortune.Firmino's ball opened the defense of Hoffenheim for Mane to flow clear, and this time, Mane checked before rolling on the way to Can, whose shot beat Baumann after a slight deviation.The second goal of Liverpool came very soon. This time, Firmino, in the space on the left, cut a low ball so that Georginio Wijnaldum throws a shot against the post, before a Salah has witnessed the whiplash.Like Can Volleyed in No3, Hoffenheim's leader, Julian Nagelsmann, knew he had to do something.The decision to play former midfielder West Ham Havard Nordtveit in the last three was a misjudgment of judgment. With only 24 minutes, Nagelsmann put Nordtveit out of his misery and sent on Mark Uth in attack.Serge Gnabry, once from the Arsenal, had an excellent chance of going up one for Hoffenheim, before Uth had more success, taking the passage of Sandro Wagner and taking a hit on Simon Mignolet and The farthest corner of the net.It was a disagreeable moment for Liverpool. They still almost added a quarter before half-time, with Firmino refused by the Baumann block, before Mane made a large effort.But they almost conceded a second, while Gnabry whipped a shot away from the left.The German side was not very pleasant to defend after the interval, even after the exit of Nordtveit, and Wijnaldum had the misfortune not to score when he crossed and handed a shot through a contact of Baumann.He then defeated an effort from Mane and spared Wijnaldum.The splendor of Baumann was not equaled by those who were before him. Vogt's weak contact allowed Jordan Henderson to take him out and run clearly before rolling the ball for Firmino to enter No4.Not that Liverpool's habit of conceding soft goals was completely gone.At 11 minutes, they were caught off guard, with Dejan Lovren scoring two opponents while former Leicester striker Andrej Kramaric was crossed from the left, and Wagner is floundering.