2023-10-21 13:31:38
Long held on by the Toffees cowering in defense, Liverpool relied this Saturday on a double from Mohamed Salah (75th and 90+7th) to make the difference. The Egyptian scored his sixth and seventh goals of the season and, thanks to this success, Jürgen Klopp’s men temporarily sit at the top of the Championship with 20 points before the upcoming matches once morest Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City.
In a first period outrageously dominated by the Reds (72% ball possession, 12 shots to 3), Sean Dyche’s players kept their backs. Well grouped together, they forced Klopp’s players to try their chances from afar and Jordan Pickford was barely worried. The Toffees even allowed themselves a few incursions thanks in particular to the duo Amadou Onana and Abdoulaye Doucouré, valuable in the bursts and the use of the ball.
Ashley Young, sent off for two nasty fouls (18th, 37th) on an untenable Luis Diaz on the left, will have spent less than forty minutes on the pitch but his saving save in front of the Colombian who was heading for goal (13th) has long been worth gold. Outnumbered for almost an hour, the Everton players formed a compact unit, often on the verge of breaking, but the two teams returned to the locker room with a score of 0-0.
Ibrahima Konaté, warned (50th), showed his power and his sense of anticipation. His match might have ended shortly following the hour mark (64th) but Craig Pawson was surprisingly lenient on an anti-play fault. Good news for the Reds, who have not been varnished with arbitration since the start of the season. After this boost from the refereeing body, the German technician did not need to be asked to immediately remove the French international as a precaution (65th).
The game then turned into a series of contentious situations in the Toffees area and it was finally Michael Keane who made the mistake by deflecting with his right arm a cross from Luis Diaz (73rd). Mohamed Salah therefore took the opportunity to score his sixth goal of the season in the Championship, deceiving Pickford with a powerful shot to the right of the goalkeeper (75th).
The Reds continued to move forward and the entry of Darwin Nunez brought dynamism. Everton gave in with a final counter at the end of added time and Mohamed Salah, well served by the Uruguayan, scored a double (90th + 7). In his Anfield garden, the Egyptian is shining and is now up to 14 goals and 3 assists in his last 13 home Championship matches.
Leader until then, Tottenham welcomes Fulham this Monday (at 9 p.m.). Arsenal faces Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (6:30 p.m.) and Manchester City hosts Brighton (4 p.m.). Virgil Van Dijk and his teammates now have the lead in the Europa League and the match once morest Toulouse on Thursday evening at Anfield.
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