Liverpool fell behind early but the Reds roared to life and snapped their four-game losing streak with five goals in 35 minutes, to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.
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Hugo Ekitike scored on his return to Frankfurt after joining Liverpool this summer, making it 1-1 in the 35th minute after Rasmus Kristensen put the home side ahead in the 26th. Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate added two more goals from corner kicks before halftime, and Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai piled on in the second half.
Up next, Arne Slot’s side will try to snap their three-game losing skid in the Premier League on Saturday (3 pm ET), when they head to west London to face Brentford.
Champions League table
10. Liverpool — +4GD, 6 points
22. Eintracht Frankfurt — -4 GD, 3 points
How to watch Eintracht Frankfurt vs Liverpool live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 3pm ET Wednesday (October 22)
Venue: Waldstadion — Frankfurt
TV Channel/Streaming: Paramount+
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Liverpool live updates - by Andy Edwards
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Liverpool final score: 1-5
Goalscorers: Rasmus Kristensen (26'), Hugo Ekitike (35'), Virgil van Dijk (39'), Ibrahima Konate (45'), Cody Gakpo (66'), Dominik Szoboszlai (70')
GOAL! Frankfurt 1-5 Liverpool: Szoboszlai fires one in the bottom corner (70')
Five goals, five different goal scorers 🔥
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 22, 2025
Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai get in on the action as Liverpool run away with it! pic.twitter.com/EguSviBq89
GOAL! Frankfurt 1-4 Liverpool: Gakpo tucks the chance and the game away (66')
GOAL! Frankfurt 1-3 Liverpool: Konate heads home another corner (45')
IBRAHIMA KONATÉ WITH A BULLET HEADER 😤💥 pic.twitter.com/4QvViRJMKa
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 22, 2025
GOAL! Frankfurt 1-2 Liverpool: Van Dijk turns it around from a corner kick (39')
Captain VVD to the rescue 🦸♂️
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 22, 2025
Liverpool have turned it around with two goals in four minutes 🔥 pic.twitter.com/EamxOp36tG
GOAL! Frankfurt 1-1 Liverpool: Ekitike gets in behind and scores against his old club (35')
Lightning quick break ⚡
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 22, 2025
Hugo Ekitike levels for Liverpool against his former club 🫶 pic.twitter.com/DEYhNDCaQr
GOAL! Frankfurt 1-0 Liverpool: Kristensen fires the hosts ahead (26')
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT SLICE THROUGH THE LIVERPOOL MIDFIELD 🧈 pic.twitter.com/8pePg5EVgr
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 22, 2025
Liverpool starting lineup
Mamardashvili - Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson - Szoboszlai, Jones, Wirtz - Ekitike, Gakpo, Isak
Eintracht Frankfurt starting lineup
Zetterer - Kristensen, Amenda, Koch, Theate - Gotze, Larsson, Doan - Knauff, Brown, Bahoya
After suffering four-straight defeats in all competitions, including a damaging 2-1 defeat at home to bitter rivals Manchester United on Sunday, all is not well with the reigning Premier League champions. Is it as bad as results suggest? Probably not. But Slot still has to sort out issues with the defensive balance of his team being off, new signings struggling to settle in and Mohamed Salah looking sluggish and lacking in confidence. That’s a lot to sort out whilst you have big games coming up every three days.
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Eintracht Frankfurt will look to feed off Liverpool’s chaotic few weeks and they are a brilliant unpredictable team and love to embrace the chaos. Dino Toppmueller’s side are the great entertainers in the Bundesliga, scoring 19 goals and conceding 18 in their opening seven games of the season as they’ve already won 6-4 and lost 4-3, with an average of 5.2 goals scored in their league games. Frankfurt hammered Galatasaray 5-1 in their opening Champions League game this season but were hammered 5-1 at Atletico Madrid last time out to underline their topsy-turvy start to the season.
Eintracht Frankfurt team news, focus
Frankfurt have become one of the best producers of top forwards in recent years with Omar Marmoush, Randal Kolo Muani and most recently Hugo Ekitike being nurtured and sold on for huge profits. The Eagles now have Jonathan Burkardt as their main attacking threat, while Ristu Doan and Mario Gotze provide plenty of experience in attack. We should probably expect Frankfurt to start in a 4-5-1 formation but as soon as they get the ball they will look to spring counters and push forward quickly.
Liverpool team news, focus
It will be extremely telling to see what changes Slot makes to this Liverpool side following their recent struggles. Will Salah be given a rest given his struggles? Will Andy Robertson come in for struggling young left back Milos Kerkez? Can Florian Wirtz get his Liverpool career going with a start, and standout display, back in his homeland? Will Ekitike, who Liverpool signed from Frankfurt this summer for $105 million, start ahead of $167 million signing Alexander Isak as the latter struggles to get up to speed? There are plenty of decisions for Slot to ponder, while influential holding midfielder Ryan Gravenberch did not train ahead of the game after picking up an ankle injury against Manchester United. That means Wataru Endo could come in as the holder in midfield, while Curtis Jones could start in central midfield too as Alexis Mac Allister has struggled for form.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Liverpool prediction
This has the potential to be utterly chaotic and that is exactly what Frankfurt want. Liverpool will try to keep it calm but they have struggled to stop counters all season long. Expect goals galore and Liverpool’s stars to shine off the bench. Eintracht Frankfurt 2-4 Liverpool.
