Salah ended City’s streak in the Premier

Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool are 8th in the Premier League, but managed this Sunday at Anfield to end the streak of its biggest rivals in recent years, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, where there is no longer an unbeaten team in 2022 Premier -23 (1- 0). A great goal by Mohamed Salah allowed the ‘red’ team to achieve a victory that Klopp dismissed, which was expected to serve as a turning point. The ‘citizens’ haven’t lost in the Premier since February.

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Liverpool’s victory over City made Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal even more leaders, who now have a 4-point advantage over Pep Guardiola’s team (2nd) and over Antonio Conte’s Tottenham (3rd). The ‘reds’, with fewer games in hand, are 14 points behind the ‘gunners’.

Despite the strength of City’s attacking play and its new star, Erling Haaland, Liverpool were a model of solidity across the board, starting with a defense in which Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk were two well and where James Milner acted as right back. Ibrahima Konaté, down in the last minute.

Liverpool, superb in position, made no mistake in stopping City’s attacking prowess which would dominate the great classic of English football.

The first part was very intense, but there were no clear opportunities. Haaland created a danger but, as in the Community Shield, Liverpool stopped him. In the second, Salah, who was about to score after a good pass from Roberto Firmino to the Egyptian, decided to go inside and shoot without seeing Diogo Jota alone. A good intervention by Ederson prevented Salah’s goal.

Phil Foden then scored, but the goal was disallowed by Haaland’s foul on Fabinho. After a good pass from De Bruyne to Haaland, Alisson cut in and the loose ball was used by Foden to score. Liverpool players protested, calling for a foul on Haaland. After VAR consultation, the goal did not increase the score.

Diogo Jota also grabbed the goal after a good pass from Salah. And the City keeps attacking. In fact, Alisson saved his team against Haaland by stopping the Norwegian from scoring.

And in the 75th minute came Salah’s great goal, after an assist from Alisson. Great control by the Egyptian star to score and put Liverpool ahead. That’s not all. To decide the match and give his team a big dose of morale.

Klopp was red-faced for protesting on an afternoon that there was another negative point at Anfield: the injury of Diogo Jota, who retired on a stretcher.