Before Real Madrid, Salah put Liverpool eight points ahead of City

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He Liverpool by Arne Slotthead of the Premier, will receive next Sunday, December 1, the Pep Guardiola’s Manchester Citychampion and now second, with an eight-point lead. City were overwhelmed on Saturday by Tottenham (0-4). Mohamed Salah came to the rescue of the ‘red’ team with a double comeback against the bottom team, the Southampton (2-3), and all this before facing this Wednesday in the Champions League against real Madrid at Anfield.

Although he Liverpool He had chances at the beginning of the match, Alex McCarthySouthampton’s starting goalkeeper replacing the injured Aaron Ramsdalemade good interventions in the first half and the ‘reds’ couldn’t get on the scoreboard until the 30th minute Dominik Szoboszlai took advantage of a mistake Flynn Downes at the exit of the ball. The ‘Santo’ defender gave the ball to the Hungarian captain.


He has sent Liverpool on the scoreboard when the controversial play came, a penalty awarded by the referee Samuel Barrettof Andy Robertson about the young man Tyler Dibling. Caoimhín Kelleherthe inspired goalkeeper of Liverpoolthe maximum penalty was discontinued Adam Armstrongbut the English attacker took advantage of the rebound and scored the goal that made it 1-1 in the 42nd minute.

The doubt is whether Robertson committed a foul inside or outside the area. The Scottish full-back seems to have made it over the line. For some, there is no maximum penalty. But Michael Oliverreferee in charge of VAR, did not hesitate: it was a penalty as he had initially ruled Barrett.


The afternoon became more complicated for Liverpool due to 56′ Mateus Fernandes scored the second goal of Southampton after a great play through Tyler Diblingwho forced the penalty that led to the ‘Saints’ first goal.


But Mohamed Salah He came to save his team and took advantage of a great pass from Ryan Gravenberg in, tracking an unmarking, mark 2-2 in a mistake of McCarthy. That’s not all. Liverpool attacked and attacked, until again wrong decided by converting the penalty by handball Yukinari Sugawara. The ‘Egyptian King’ has 10 goals in this Premier League, just 2 of the ‘top scorer’s’ 12 Erling Haaland. And then he hit the ball against the post.

He Liverpoolwhich has won 10 of the 12 games it has played in the current Premier League, reaches its ‘big week’ with 8 points over a city beaten on Saturday by Tottenham (0-4), which awaits Sunday. And on Wednesday, at real Madrid in a Champions League where Liverpool He is also a leader, with outright wins, 4 out of 4.

Source: La Verdad

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