Date published: Friday 5th March 2021 12:00 - Neil Foster
Goalkeeper Loris Karius seems intent on staying at his loan club in Germany rather than returning to sit on the Liverpool bench.
Karius, 27,
moved to the Bundesliga outfit last summerafter ending a two-year loan stint with Turkish club Besiktas. He is under contract at Anfield until the summer of 2022 but is unlikely to play another game for the Reds.
The former Germany Under-21 star moved to Liverpool in May 2016. It did not take him too long to oust
He made 10 league appearances in 2016-2017 and 19 the following year, with 33 in all competitions during 2017-18. And it was the final match of that campaign that changed his career for ever.
Aboubakar scores and assists as Besiktas extend unbeaten run against Denizlispor
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Profiting from a Valentin Rosier pass outside the Wind of Ankara goal area, the 28-year-old beat his marker before unleashing a beauty past goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt in the fourth minute.
Speaking after the game, the former AS Monaco and Lyon man is pleased to have ended his wait while disclosing it would be anomalous to see Yalcin’s team drop any points in the ‘tight’ title race.
“We played well as a team today. I’m delighted to score my first goal for Besiktas. But winning was more important for us today because our rivals had also won,” Ghezzal told the
Six minutes before the half-time break, the visitors took the lead through Zlatko Tripic. The Norwegian midfielder powered the ball past goalkeeper Ersin Destanoglu after Peter Zulj’s initial effort had rattled the crossbar.
The hosts came out stronger in the second half and fortunately, their tenacity paid off in the 49th minute as Ljajic fired past goalkeeper Irfan Egribayat.
Receiving a pass from on-loan Leicester City forward Rachid Ghezzal, the Serbian dribbled past two of his markers before drilling home a shot through the legs of Egribayat.
In a positive twist of fate, Besiktas took the lead 13 minutes before full-time with Aboubakar heading a cross from Gokhan Tore past the Goztepe goalkeeper. The goal was the Cameroonian’s second for the Black Eagles in four days as well as his 11th in 16 league outings so far.
The Cameroon forward is the second African top scorer in the Turkish top-flight after Gabon s Aaron Boupendza who leads the Super Lig scorers chart with 13 goals for Hatayspor.
After the restart, Mensah doubled the lead for Besiktas in the 50th minute and he sealed their big win with his second effort in the 70th minute, four minutes after Cyle Larin grabbed their third goal.
The Ghana midfielder, currently on a season-long loan from Kayserispor, is enjoying a fine spell in Istanbul with four goals in 17 league appearances so far in this campaign.
He was later replaced in the 71st minute while Aboubakar played the duration and Algeria s Rachid Ghezzal watched on as an unused substitute.
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