The midfielder came in for his fifth start of the season in Liverpool’s 4-1 Champions League victory in Belgium on Wednesday, and marked his return to the XI with a brace.
A low strike arrowed into the bottom corner from distance put the Reds ahead early on, before Oxlade-Chamberlain produced a sublime, outside-of-the-boot finish in the second half.
The match at KRC Genk Arena represented the No.21’s first Champions League appearance since the 2017-18 semi-final first leg versus AS Roma – and Lovren was delighted to see his teammate performing on Europe’s grandest stage again.
“I’m really glad to see Ox score two goals, even if I told him the second one was lucky … he didn’t accept that!