In the first half, after VAR checks, a goal was not awarded for each team due to the backside, but Liverpool leader Mohamed Salah failed to score a penalty, as his shot was deflected by the goalkeeper of United Martin Dubravka. 22nd minute.
However, six goals were scored in the second half of the match. Already in the fourth minute Salah gave the hosts the lead, but five minutes later Aleksandrs Isaak scored the score 1:1. In the 74th and 78th minutes of the match, after precise shots by Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo, “Liverpool” took the lead with 3:1, to which Sven Botman responded with a goal scored in the 81st minute, a goal for the visitors.
Salah added a point to the match with an 11-metre penalty kick in the 86th minute of the match, scoring his second goal of the match and 14th of the season, surpassing previous leader Erling Holan of the Manchester City team.
It was Newcastle’s third consecutive defeat and fifth defeat in their last six Premier League games, which saw them slip to ninth place with 29 points from 20 games.
After the success “Liverpool” with 45 points in 20 games strengthened its leadership in the overall Premier League standings. The second with 42 points are the Birmingham players “Aston Villa”, the third with 40 points in 19 games are the champions Manchester “City”, and the first four with 40 points in 20 games are completed by London Arsenal.
2024-01-02 08:08:53
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