Ex-Liverpool player misses Champions League match after armed robbery

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| Sports Reporter Published October 13, 2026 8:26pm Updated October 13, 2026 8:26pm Peter Gulacsi joined Villarreal from RB Leipzig over the summer (Picture: Shutterstock) Former Liverpool goalkeeper has been forced out of Villarreal’s Champions League clash with Napoli on Tuesday after he and his family were victims of an armed robbery. The Hungarian was at home with his wife and two young children when robbers armed with guns entered his house in Spain in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Gulacsi spent six years at Liverpool early in his professional career but never made a senior appearance for the Reds. Gulacsi never made a senior appearance for Liverpool (Picture: EMPICS Sport) The veteran stopper ended an epic stint in Leipzig over the summer and signed for Villarreal, where he has already made three appearances.

The robbery at Gulacsi’s house in Puzol, near Valencia, is not the first time a Villarreal player has faced such an ordeal. Former Tottenham and Watford midfielder Etienne Capoue was at the club in 2024 when his house was raided by a gang while he ate dinner with his family downstairs.