Baghdad: Liverpool, led by manager Andoni Iraola, played their first match in the 2026/27 English Premier League season on Friday evening against Ipswich Town. Liverpool visited Ipswich Town at Portman Road Stadium for the third round of the Premier League, where the Reds secured a 2-0 victory.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, Alexander Isak opened the scoring for Liverpool in the sixth minute of the first half after a counter-attack. Cody Gakpo broke forward with the ball and passed it to the Swede, who fired it powerfully into the net. In the ninth minute, Isak doubled the lead after another pass from Gakpo, who found his teammate. Isak dribbled past his marker and slotted the ball home, scoring his second goal and Liverpool’s second.

Alexander Isak scored his third goal, a hat-trick, in the 33rd minute, but it was disallowed for offside. Liverpool appealed for a penalty in the 69th minute after Dominik Szoboszlai went down in the box, but VAR intervened and ruled the Hungarian was offside. With t
his win, Liverpool moved up to fifth place in the Premier League table with five points, while Ipswich Town remained in thirteenth place with three points.