"Alexander Isak was twice thwarted by Michael Zetterer by the time Kristensen fired through the legs of Andrew Robertson and past Giorgi Mamardashvili into the bottom-left corner with Eintracht's first attack. But Liverpool were level by 35 minutes when Ekitike raced onto Robertson's throughball and coolly slotted past Zetterer one-on-one before apologising to the fans of his former club. Van Dijk's powerful point-blank header from Gakpo's corner put Liverpool ahead."
"Data Debrief: Van Dijk head and shoulders above the rest Liverpool had looked out of sorts before and after the October international break but were back to their fluent best here. Van Dijk led by example to put the visitors in front and all five of his Champions League goals have come via headers from a corner. Indeed, he has scored 30 goals in all competitions for L"
Liverpool ended a run of four consecutive defeats by beating Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 in the Champions League at the Deutsche Bank Arena. Rasmus Kristensen opened the scoring for Eintracht, but Hugo Ekitike equalised before Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konaté converted corners to give Liverpool a 3-1 half-time lead. Cody Gakpo added a fourth following a Florian Wirtz assist, and Dominik Szoboszlai scored a long-range strike to seal the rout. Michael Zetterer made several saves early on. Van Dijk's Champions League goals have all been headers from corners.
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