After tasting defeat in his two most recent outings for Liverpool, the unenviable sequence continued into the international break for Ibrahima Konate, who endured a night to forget for France on Thursday.
The Reds’ number 5 started for Les Bleus in the first leg of their UEFA Nations League quarter-final against Croatia, but he lasted just 45 minutes before he was substituted by Didier Deschamps, having conceded a penalty for a careless handball (the subsequent spot kick was saved).
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