Liverpool has 11 clear points at the top of the Premier League table after beating Manchester City for a 2-0 marker at the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai marked each in the first half, and the city did not have a great problem with Merseyside’s visitors despite dominating possession and shots.
The city is so far from the rhythm (about 20 full points) that simply classify for the Champions League next season is the real challenge for the rest of the season.
As the game was deployed
It was a start of Cagey in the contest, as both sides tried to win foot. The first attacks showed an initial promise, although it took place before turning into a real threat at either end.
Alisson treated a pair of simple city corners, with a piece and damage Liverpool. The low delivery of Alexis Mac Allister to the nearby place initially seemed to be a foul, but it was immediately clear that it was a deliberate pass to Szoboszlai. His blow was found in Salah, whose strike in the middle of the box benefited from a useful deviation in front of Ederson.
The goal did not serve to turn on the contest. Alisson comfortably picked up attempts from the Omar Marmoush and Phil Foden box. Marmoush then had the ball on the net, a good low point through the Liverpool goalkeeper, but it was clearly offside and the flag went up.
The Reds played it perfectly and then built at the helm in the closing stages of the first half. It was another simple but well executed movement, with Salah sticking to a long ball to the right. He led to a dangerous position and then squared because a Szoboszlai did not mark to explode.
Liverpool was pleased to let the city control the ball in the knowledge that the possibilities would reach the counterattack. In that sense, the hosts set up several attacks in the early stages of the second half without much mistake, before the visitors had the ball on the net for the third time. Curtis Jones applied the finish, but Var intervened after capturing Szoboszlai out of creation.
City He responded to this rescue by Fording Alisson in Action, denying Marmoush, while a spectacular Ederson savings by a Luis Díaz soon continued. Virgil Van Dijk had to be alert to intercept a cut in a plate for Marmoush, Rico Lewis shot the rebound on the side network.
With City still pressing to return to the game, Wateru Endo, a favorite of the slot, launched for the last 17 minutes plus the time of stoppage to block things in the middle field, with the left position also refreshed in the midst of Andrew Robertson who began to be hit by Savinho.
Liverpool has fallen twice in recent weeks against Everton and Aston Villa, which could have been the opportunity that the pursuit package needed to close the gap.
But the Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City struggles were undone and the recent inconsistency of Nottingham Forest means it has not happened.
Liverpool has played a game more than the rest, pre-preventively facing Villa to prevent you from catching up due to the Carabao Cup final next month, but only a dramatic and unforeseen collapse It could now prevent them from claiming a second Premier League title in six seasons.
This would be the number 20 in general, moving the level of the reds with the headlines of English records Manchester United, which do not seem to happen at 21 at any time.
Mohamed Salah has scored 30 goals in a season for the fifth time as a Liverpool playerOnly having been the club for eight. It is a remarkable consistency at the highest level, especially of someone who was formerly written as a flop of the Premier League at Chelsea.
With 241 Liverpool goals in his name in general since 2017, Room It is now the third set with Gordon Hodgson on the list of all club time. Only Roger Hunt (285) and Ian Rush (346) have now marked more often in the history of Liverpool. Rush’s record is probably safe, but Salah probably could roll at Hunt at the end of the next season, if he can agree on a new contract.
Salah pass by Dominik Szoboszlai attended the Premier League Tally for the season until the age of 16. This is just four shy of the record of twenty -i -five years old, jointly by Thierry Henry and Kevin de Bruyne. Liverpool’s Egyptian King needs five more assists in 11 remaining parties to break it, and it is difficult to believe that this does not happen.
Erling Haaland was missing back on the city line After last weekend, not even make the bench this time due to a lack of fitness.
City does not have another similar “Nine number” striker, and in January he signed Omar Marmoush doing his best work as ahead of the left channel.
For this, Phil Foden was promoted as “false nine”, with Marmoush supporting -from deeper and allowed the freedom to go to the left where he is most comfortable.
There is no other Haaland and the city does not have a focal point when it does not play. Changing the system was the only way to do it and did not give the result.
The Middle Ages of Pep Guardiola was 25 years and 68 days, the youngest side that has ever appointed in a Premier League match. This is even with Kevin de Bruyne (33), Ederson (31) dragging it.
The new generation of the city is not as polished as the veterans who have given four successive titles of the Premier League. Jeremy Doku could have had Alexander-Arnold for breakfast here, easily dragging Liverpool to Will, but lacked the third decision-making. Savinho is on a similar boat and Abdukodir Khusanov, 20, is not ready to be thrown in the background.
De Bruyne arrives at the end of the road to the city. The Belgian served the club incredibly, but was out of the initial 11th against Real Madrid a week and was the first player Pep Guardiola retired when there was still enough time for his team to do something.
