2024-01-02 00:06:44
Liverpool y Newcastle They kicked off the new year with an ode to football. A match that had absolutely everything and that the Reds won 4-2, leaving them alone as leaders of the Premier League with three points ahead of the surprising Aston Villa of Unai Emery and five above Manchester Citywhich has one game less than its rivals having played in the Club World Cup, and Arsenal.
That the break was tied at zero was a true miracle. The person in charge of doing it? Martin Dubravkarelief of Nick Pope, seriously injured, in goal for the ‘Magpies’, who have lost five of their last six Premier games. The 34-year-old Slovak remembered his best days with a recital of saves that began at 12 minutes, saving a point-blank shot from Darwin Nuñez. It was the beginning of the madness that the meeting became.
In the 18′, Luis Diaz He managed to send it to the back of the net, but the VAR invalidated the Colombian’s goal due to a millimeter of offside. Darwin at the origin of the play. Then, Anthony Taylor pointed out the fateful point after a demolition of Botman about Luis Diaz. But Dubravka He said ‘no’ again.
The ‘1’ of the ‘magpies’ guessed the intentions of Salahwho shot hard to the center, and saw how Alexander-Arnold sent the rejection to limbo. The script was not going to change. Dubravka continued to multiply under the sticks, hand to hand won against Darwin included, and the Newcastle waiting for his opportunity to counter.
Goal disallowed by Burn
And in one of those, the young man Jamie Mileyonly 17 years old, found Dan Burn on the second stick. Blyth’s giant surpassed Alisson with a chopped header, but the video referee made an appearance again, annulling the action due to the Swede’s illegal position. Alexander Isak.
The waters returned to their channel, with Alexander-Arnold sending what would have been one of the goals of the season to the post and the Liverpool finally finding, after passing through the locker room, the first goal of the night. He pointed it out Salahwho only had to push it enabled by a Darwin who ended up replaced and abdicated before Dubravkasavior again in a second half not suitable for the faint of heart.
The veteran goalkeeper’s interventions even allowed the Newcastle tie through Isak in the 54th minute. A false illusion that lasted 20 minutes. Those who took time Salah y Diogo Jotarecently admitted, in braiding a play on the right that the youth squad completed Curtis Joneswho had also gone out for refreshments.
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The bet of Jürgen Klopp was a triple winner by being Cody Gakpoanother substitute, the author of the 3-1, in a semi-final. Botman shortened distances and Salahafter a penalty Dubravka about Whomtook the edge off his first shot, making it 4-2 and scoring his fourteenth goal in the Premier League, his 18th in all competitions, before heading to the Ivory Coast to play in the African Cup with Egypt.
Formation: 433 Premier League playing field 1 66 2 3 5 4 8 17 9 11 7 1 21 33 39 5 4 67 36 14 10 7
Anfield
1Alisson Becker
Martin Dúbravka1 83′
66Trent Alexander-Arnold
49′
Tino Livramento21
2Joe Gomez
Bruno Guimarães39 27′
5Ibrahima Konaté
Fabian Schär5
4Virgil van Dijk
Sven Botman4 80′
17Curtis Jones
73′
Sean Longstaff36
88′
Alexander Isak14
53′
11Mohamed Salah 48′ 85′
Anthony Gordon10
Substitutes
62 Kevin Kelleher
Loris Karius18
78Jarell Quansah
Mark Gillespie29
84Conor Bradley
Paul Dummett3
10Alexis Mac Allister
74′
19Harvey Elliott
Emil Krafth17
53James McConnell
Alex Murphy54
Matt Ritchie11
Coach
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