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  "id": 14571392,
  "title": "Barcola hits first UCL hattrick in Liverpool win over LASK Linz",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/barcola-hits-first-ucl-hattrick-in-liverpool-win-over-lask-linz",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T22:15:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/barcola-hits-first-ucl-hattrick-in-liverpool-win-over-lask-linz/"
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  "account": "Bradley Barcola scored a hat-trick in Liverpool's 6-3 UEFA Champions League victory over LASK Linz in Austria. The French winger, acquired in a major summer transfer from UCL champions Paris Saint-Germain, was the star performer as multiple Liverpool players netted for the first time. Ronald Araujo, Jeremy Frimpong, and young Lewis Koumas added to Barcola's goals to form a foursome of scorers. Robert Ljubicic and Florian Flecker were the only two LASK players to find the net, with Flecker scoring twice. Araujo opened the scoring with a header, followed by Barcola's first, second, and third goals. Frimpong then added a header of his own and set up Koumas for his goal. Despite both clubs' history of failure against each other in all three previous meetings and English clubs' poor record in Austria since 1991, Liverpool's win secured two points to take them into their next matches.",
  "summary": "Bradley Barcola’s first ever hattrick in the UEFA Champions League led Liverpool to a 6-3 win over LASK Linz in the UCL league phase match in Austria. The French winger acquired in a big money summer move from UCL champions Paris Saint-Germain stole the show on a night all Liverpool goalscorers were hitting the net […]",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Barcola bags hat-trick as Liverpool thrash LASK 6-3",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/barcola-bags-hat-trick-as-liverpool-thrash-lask-6-3",
        "published": "2026-10-14T18:51:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Barcola scores hat-trick as Liverpool hit LASK for six",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/barcola-scores-hat-trick-as-liverpool-hit-lask-for-six",
        "published": "2026-10-14T20:12:20.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Barcola scores hattrick as Liverpool hit LASK for six",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/barcola-scores-hattrick-as-liverpool-hit-lask-for-six",
        "published": "2026-10-14T21:02:22.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "UCL: Barcola scores hat-trick as Liverpool cruise past LASK",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/ucl-barcola-scores-hat-trick-as-liverpool-cruise-past-lask",
        "published": "2026-10-14T21:34:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "UCL: Villa thrash Fenerbahçe 6-0 as Barcola hat-trick fires Liverpool to 6-3 win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/ucl-villa-thrash-fenerbahce-6-0-as-barcola-hat-trick-fires-liverpool",
        "published": "2026-10-14T21:46:54.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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