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Penalty agony for Liverpool stars in World Cup last 32
Liverpool's Netherlands trio suffered an agonising defeat by Morocco on penalties in a game where they took the lead through Cody Gakpo, who scored his sixth World Cup goal to take him just one behind his nation's all-time top scorer in the tournaments, Johnny Rep.
Ryan Gravenberch, Virgil van Dijk and Gakpo all started the knockout game and looked destined to hold off a relentless Morocco side, but Issa Diop cancelled out their opener in second-half stoppage time to send the game to extra time and they eventually succumbed to a shootout defeat.
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