It is not working in Europe either, Ghent is going down...

• Key moment: In the half hour, Ghent pays a heavy price for an accumulation of defensive errors. Ngadeu misses his interception on a pass to Mosquera, Nurio heads his cross right in the feet of Koscelnik and Yusuf can open the score uncovered.
• Man of the match: Abdulla Yusuf Helal provided the decisive moment of the match. He left a first mistake by Ngadeu unpunished, but when they made another mistake at the back of Ghent, the striker took advantage of it. He unexpectedly gave Liberec 3 points.
• Remarkable: Last season AA Gent became the unbeaten group winner in the Europa League, that flawless balance can be forgotten after just 1 match day this season. Ghent already played 13 official matches this season, no fewer than 9 of them were lost.

AA Gent had to recover after the league defeat against Cercle Bruges and started the match against Liberec well. After less than 10 minutes, Bukari came close to 0-1 on a pass from Yaremchuk, but Nguyen prevented that with a great save.

Bad luck for Ghent and that unfortunately became the common thread in the first half for the visitors. Because barely 2 minutes after the chance for Bukari, Yaremchuk also left a great opportunity unused. Launched by Ngadeu, he came alone for Nguyen, but his marker went over goal.

Ghent then became a bit messier. Mosquera was able to take advantage of the loss of the ball by Ngadeu and Beran presented Yusuf with an excellent chance for the 1-0. Marreh was barely able to block his shot. On the other side, Koscelnik almost caused an own goal, the post prevented the 0-1.

In the half hour, Ghent paid a heavy price for an accumulation of defensive errors. Ngadeu missed his interception on the pass to Mosquera, Nurio headed his cross right into the feet of Koscelnik, who was able to give the completely uncovered Yusuf the 1-0. Despite the dominance and the opportunities, Ghent shot again in its own foot.

In the second half, too, a dominant Ghent lacked efficiency. Kleininst was offered a nice opportunity by Bukari twice, but he killed them just as many times.

The visitors pushed Liberec back with power play, but they could not convert their dominance into goals. Yaremchuk’s shot was blocked, but Nurio narrowly missed the goal.

The modest Liberec was barely involved, but also hardly got into trouble. Fifteen minutes before the end, the home team even scored dangerously on a free kick from Mosquera.

At Ghent they threw Depoitre and Niangbo into the fight and that almost paid off. Nguyen needed a great save on a header from Depoitre. Niangbo also had an excellent chance after a wonderful pass from Kums, but a bad touch on the ball threw a spanner in the works.

• Davy Roef (AA Gent): “This is very difficult to explain. We have created many opportunities, but we were not lucky that one also went in. This is very unfortunate, this is a very big disappointment. The smallest mistake we make is now being punished. We have been in the corner where the blows fall for a long time. It’s time we got out of there. Monday we have a new match and then we have to go back to it with full courage. Luck will sometimes be on our side. We wanted to get at least 4 out of 6 against Liberec, but there are still 15 points to be won. We now have to look at it game by game. ”
• Sven Kums (AA Gent): “We had the game under control, with a lot of pressure forward and Liberec could only play the long ball. Then you always have to be concentrated at the back and that was not the case a few times today. They have benefited from that. On the other hand, we also had plenty of opportunities to take the lead. But at this point the balls are difficult to enter. Losing 9 out of 13 games is unlikely. There were games that you shouldn’t lose, like today. It has to turn quickly, because this is far too much for a team that wants to compete. ”
• Wim De Decker (coach AA Gent): “75 percent possession of the ball and still losing, that is also a mystery to me. I also want to see the number of goal chances and corners. Those will be astonishing statistics. But the end result is there and we leave here with 0 points. This is very sour. There is nothing to criticize about the mentality of the boys or the will to make something out of it. We are now in a period where every little mistake is being punished. We create a lot of chances, but the ball just does not go in. That is a shame. Apart from the goal, I saw little to no mistakes at the back. I’ve seen a lot of good things in my defense. That is precisely why it is a shame that we swallow that goal again. But it is not only that. With so many chances you also have to score a few times. At the moment it is lacking. But with this mentality, I have no doubt that we will get out of this. “