With victory over Toulouse at Stadium Municipal on Thursday evening, Liverpool will assure themselves of a top-two finish in Europa League Group E with a pair of matches to spare.
The Reds battered the Coupe de France winners 5-1 during their showdown at Anfield two weeks ago, leaving the French side third in the section with four points to their name at the halfway mark.
The Kop were shocked as Thijs Dallinga managed to wipe out Diogo Jota's quickfire opener, but further efforts from Wataru Endo, Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah and Ryan Gravenberch quickly turned Toulouse's Anfield dream into a nightmare, while also subjecting Carles Martinez's men to their first continental loss of the new term.
An opening draw with Union SG and 1-0 success over LASK Linz are nothing to be scoffed at for Toulouse, though, and if the former overcome the latter this week, Les Violets will be guaranteed to drop down to the Europa Conference League at the very worst if they can defy the odds and stun the Reds on Thursday evening.
However, defeat at Anfield marked the beginning of a dampening three-game losing streak for Toulouse, who fell to a 3-0 Ligue 1 loss at the hands of Montpellier HSC three days after being crushed by Liverpool, and newly-promoted Le Havre stunned Martinez's men 2-0 at Stadium Municipal on Sunday.
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