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Liverpool brought its four-game losing run to an end with a commanding 5-1 triumph over Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday.
The Reds delivered a scintillating display in Germany as they sought to revive their faltering campaign. Although they fell behind when Rasmus Kristensen found the net past Giorgi Mamardashvili, Arne Slot's men hit back through Hugo Ekitike, who raced through to equalise.
The visitors then seized control of proceedings when Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate both found the target before half-time. Further strikes from Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai in the second period sealed the emphatic victory, ensuring Liverpool maintained its perfect record with two victories from two matches in this season's Champions League.
Reds manager Slot chose to make five alterations to his starting XI following Sunday's setback against Manchester United.
Among those brought into the side was summer acquisition Florian Wirtz, who took to social media following the final whistle to write: "+3 @championsleague - that's how we like it."
Goalscorer Szoboszlai proclaimed: "We're back! Come on Reds!"
Andy Robertson shared: "Top team performance."
Meanwhile, Konate stated: "That's more like it."
And Curtis Jones, another who was recalled after beginning Sunday's match amongst the substitutes, commented: "Proper team performance!".
Speaking in his post-match interview, Reds manager Slot remarked: "Maybe, yes, although I saw a lot of similarities in the last few weeks, in the last few games we played. I also saw some differences.
"The similarities were that we already create a few chances before we conceded the first one and the first chance we conceded was usually a goal. In the end it turned out to be the only chance we conceded.
"Why was that? Because we went 3-1 up so then it's easier to control the game than when you're 1-0 down all the time. I've said here a few times telling you guys how important set-pieces are, how important the balance at set-pieces is.
"Now we were able to score two so you go 3-1 up at half-time because you score two set-pieces. That is a big, big, big difference and you go in at half-time at 1-1 with still the same amount of chances, but people will judge us definitely differently when you don't score them.
"The biggest exception for me compared to other games we've played was the playing style of our opponent. We got some energy out of the moments we could press them, which in the last four or five games we played we were not able to press the opponent because the ball wasn't on the ground, it was in the air."
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