The Standard Liege Gazette
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Up for the corner, and Ryan Fosso delivers — 7.70
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Ryan Fosso scored, was marked 7.70, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Standard Liege
Anthony Modeste was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at Standard Liege training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mohammed El Hankouri is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Sylvester Jasper
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch5 Oct 2026
Alexandro Calut has seen enough of OH Leuven
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Standard Liege, and 1 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Match4 Oct 2026
Standard Liege share the spoils with KAA Gent
A 2‑2 draw with KAA Gent leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Souleyman Doumbia slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Souleyman Doumbia is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Standard Liege take the armband off Marlon Fossey
It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Tobias Mohr runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Grejohn Kyei
- The dugout Salieu Drammeh has become a man the manager trusts