Liverpool lead twice in Istanbul and still lose as Fenerbahce score three from set pieces
Liverpool led twice in Istanbul but lost 3-2 to Dirk Kuyt's Fenerbahce at the Sukru Saracoglu, with all three goals coming from set pieces. It was a second defeat in four days, after the loss to Arsenal on Sunday.

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O Liverpool liderou duas vezes em Istambul e saiu de lá sem nada. O Fenerbahce, comandado pelo interino Dirk Kuyt, virou e venceu por 3 a 2 no Sukru Saracoglu, com os três gols nascendo de bolas paradas.
Alexander Isak havia recolocado os visitantes à frente aos 69 minutos, e um bom resultado fora de casa parecia provável. Em vez disso, o Liverpool sofreu mais dois gols, e a derrota entrou para os registros: nunca antes o time havia aberto vantagem tão tarde em um jogo europeu importante e ainda assim sido derrotado.
Andoni Iraola não tentou maquiar. “São gols baratos. São gols bagunçados”, disse. O primeiro empate veio quando a falta de Mason Greenwood desviou em Jeremy Jacquet. O segundo foi culpa própria: o cabeceio de Cody Gakpo encobriu Alisson e deixou Archie Brown livre para empurrar. Seis minutos depois, uma bola quicando na área foi mal avaliada, e Vedat Muriqi subiu entre três defensores para cabecear o gol da vitória.
Kuyt, jogador do Liverpool em 2006, disse que sua equipe emprestou a mentalidade do clube que ele um dia representou. “Falamos uns com os outros para ficarmos juntos e unidos. Isso é algo que aprendi com o Liverpool, contra quem jogamos”, afirmou. “Fizemos um milagre hoje — poucos esperavam que a gente vencesse.”
Para Iraola, é a segunda derrota em quatro dias, depois da queda para o Arsenal no domingo, que veio na sequência de cinco vitórias seguidas.
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