2024-02-17 14:44:02
Leaders Liverpool have temporarily increased their lead over their first pursuers Manchester City and Arsenal to five points. The “Reds” celebrated an easy 4-1 win away to Brentford on Saturday thanks to the returnee Mohamed Salah. Arsenal face Burnley on Saturday, while Manchester City hosts Chelsea. Manchester City also has a catch-up game to play.
In west London, Darwin Nunez successfully completed a counterattack to give Liverpool the lead (35th). A little later, the in-form Diogo Jota had to leave the field injured. For the Portuguese, Salah made his first league appearance since the New Year following a thigh injury and delivered straight away. The Egyptian prepared the 2-0 by Alexis Mac Allister (55th), and he scored the decisive 3-0 himself (68th). Cody Gakpo scored the final score (86′), previously Brentford only made cosmetic results through Ivan Toney (75′).
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