Will Rooney reports from Anfield
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00:00 Full-time here at Anfield, we've finished Liverpool 5-1.
00:04 Liverpool maintain perfect records in the Europa League.
00:08 Top of Group E by five points, they only need three points in the final three games
00:12 to make it to the knockout stage of the competition.
00:15 They look like they're on track to finish top of the group, to be quite honest.
00:18 An easy night's work for Liverpool as they can get out of their gear, to be quite frank.
00:23 Open scoring in the ninth minute through Joe O'Jossett,
00:26 Liverpool's individual goal from the Portuguese got away from us.
00:30 Marcher, pass through, got away from the track and defenders
00:34 and finished with a plumb to the far corner.
00:36 I mean, Toulouse, fair play to them, they responded well.
00:39 They equalised in the 16th minute, Liverpool's high lives exposed.
00:43 From that point, Liverpool were fairly comfortable in the first half.
00:47 We're torn to end, though.
00:49 Regaine the lead for the Reds, his first goal for the club,
00:52 a nice header from the Japan international.
00:55 Trent Alexander-Arnold's whip cross was stayed into the corner
00:59 that the cross came from from Endo.
01:01 He stopped the Toulouse, to be fair, but got a real good connection on it
01:05 and left the keeper routed to his spot.
01:07 And then Darwin Nunes, before the break, made a 3-1.
01:11 Curtis Jones' shot was blocked and took a fortunate ricochet
01:14 off the back of the Liverpool midfielder, who was making his first appearance in three weeks.
01:19 He's currently serving a three-match suspension in the Premier League,
01:22 and he's got approval for the Europa League.
01:25 A ricochet back off him, and there was Nunes.
01:27 It landed to one touch and it rifles into the air, top corner,
01:30 and it moves left foot.
01:32 Second half, to be honest with you, Liverpool nearly let Toulouse back into it
01:36 because Karim Kelleher, the goalkeeper, miskicked his clearance
01:40 and gave Toulouse a chance.
01:42 But Trent Alexander-Arnold's in the right place at the right time
01:45 to stop the shot on the goal line.
01:49 From there, he got control again, eventually got the fourth.
01:54 Darwin Nunes did everything right, but scored.
01:56 He went past Toulouse defender, went round the goalkeeper.
01:59 The goal was mercy, just off balance, hit the post,
02:03 but the ball came back to Ryan Gravenberge, who was absolutely excellent.
02:07 Man of the match, without a doubt.
02:08 He was superb in the midfield, and he kept composed to finish.
02:11 And then, with virtually the last kick of the game, it was Mo Salah who came off the bench.
02:15 His goal-scoring feat continued this season.
02:19 He didn't do a lot again when he came on, but he finished it off at the death,
02:23 just adding another goal to his tally.
02:25 All in all, a good night's work for Liverpool.
02:28 Minutes got them.
02:31 I'd like to have a year later to see Curtis Jones, Ryan Gravenberge,
02:34 taking a massive claim again.
02:38 Liverpool now look towards Forrest on Sunday.
02:41 Forrest will come and ask questions.
02:43 They'll be physical, they'll be robust, like they were last season when he played here at Anfield.
02:48 Liverpool have rested plenty of key players here this season,
02:51 so they're going to that game fresh.
02:54 I'll also just mention a full debut for Luke Chambers, the left-back,
02:58 19-year-old defender, really highly rated.
03:01 The club made his full debut, and there were also debuts for Caleb Scanlon off the bench,
03:06 and James McConnell.
03:07 All in all, a good night's work for Jürgen Klopp's troops.
03:11 and ended Lip Hill Far, Toulouse 1.