Liverpool did it! On his lawn at Anfield, the Reds defeated Manchester City for the first time in the 2022-2023 Premier League season (1-0). After ten days, the Citizens must bow a short head against an opponent cut for victory and thus let Arsenal, current leader of the championship, take a four-point lead at the top of the classification. Hero of the evening, Mohamed Salah was the only scorer in a meeting where the scoring machine Erling Haaland ran out of steam against an imperial Virgil Van Dijk. The Reds return to eighth place, six points from the qualifying zone for the next Champions League.
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What is the morale of a footballer? For attackers, the answer is in one word: scoring goals. In dire need of inspiration since the start of the season, Mohamed Salah had found the net three times at Ibrox Park this week during the slap inflicted on Glasgow Rangers. This weekend, Salah continued his momentum by creating goalscoring opportunities. If he lost his first face to face with Ederson Moraes at first (50th), the Egyptian offered himself a second chance to thrill his supporters by going alone towards the goal after having mystified Joao Cancelo following from a long raise from Alisson Becker.
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Results ? Salah deceived Ederson to make Anfield’s kop scream, drunk with happiness thanks to this opener (1-0, 78th). Meanwhile, Liverpool was content to contain the impressive offensive machine concocted by the Skyblues, capable of scoring 33 goals in the first 9 days.
Already author of 15 goals on English soil this season, Haaland has not found the fault in the defense of the Scousers. The reasons ? They are two in number: Van Dijk and Alisson. When the Batavian colossus was not on his shores, the Norwegian saw the Brazilian goalkeeper stop his attempts each time (41st, 64th).
Only dangerous twice, Haaland showed a face of disappointment as the game ended. It’s quite normal: Liverpool succeeded perfectly and could even have increased the score without the exaggerated selfishness of Darwin Nunez (77th, 88th, 92nd). But the main thing is elsewhere for Liverpool: thanks to this success, the men of a Jürgen Klopp expelled at the end of the second period are approaching the qualifying places for the C1. And Liverpool proved once again that winning at Anfield is not for everyone, even for Manchester City.
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