Premier, Liverpool-Manchester United: goals from Diaz, Mané and a brace from Salah

Game without history, opened by Diaz after just 5 minutes. Then came the goals of Salah (brace) and Mané. Klopp is back in the lead for one night, but tomorrow it’s up to Guardiola to answer

Manè invents, Salah is exalted. And Liverpool, for one night, return to the top of the Premier League standings. In the recovery of the 30th matchday of the championship, Jurgen Klopp’s team won 4-0 against Manchester United. The two Africans only needed 22 minutes to knock out Maguire and his companions, mesmerized by the quality of the Red trident and the understanding of his tenors. After Luis Diaz’s 1-0, born from a verticalization of the Senegalese, Salah signs the doubling, taking advantage of an assist from Sadio’s own kiss. Rangnick, without Cristiano Ronaldo and forced to give up Pogba as well, soon surrenders to the overwhelming power of the hosts, who in the second half increase the dose with the goals of Manè and (again) Salah. The Red Devils thus remain -3 from Tottenham, fourth in the standings and with one more game to play.

POGBA KO

To overtake the City – committed tomorrow night against Brighton – Klopp chooses his loyalists, deploying Henderson in midfield, with Salah and Diaz alongside the fake nueve Manè. Rangnick must instead do without Ronaldo, absent after the death of one of the twins born on Monday by his partner Georgina: in attack there is Rashford, supported by Elanga and Bruno Fernandes. Immediately after the 1-0 of Liverpool, the former of Udinese and Samp is forced to retreat on the line of the midfielders to replace the injured Pogba: in place of the Frenchman enters Lingard, who is placed on the trocar.

START BY APPLAUSE

After 5 ‘of play, Henderson and his teammates are already on the score of 1-0, thanks to the first invention of Sadio Mané. The number 10 fishes Salah vertically, who sprints into the right lane and attacks the opposing area: the Egyptian’s cross is only to be pushed into the net, Luis Diaz makes no mistake. Two minutes pass and the show, from the field, moves to the stands: the Anfield audience stands up to dedicate a tribute to CR7 and his family. The applause of the spectators begins at minute 7 (the same as in Cristiano’s shirt), accompanied by the first notes of “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, the club’s official anthem.

GOAL MACHINE

Diaz’s lightning net is not enough to satiate the Reds, who double up with Salah on 22 ‘: Momo uses a magic from Manè to enter centrally, control the ball and, face to face with De Gea, put in for the 2- 0. In the end of the first half Diaz scores again but is stopped for offside, in the second half it is Mané who closes the accounts, also putting his signature on the scoresheet. In fact, from an advance by Robertson, the action of the trio was born, aimed at the Senegalese who is good at turning the ball served by the former Porto to the far post. The 4-0 is the result of the high pressure of the Reds ‘strikers: at 85’ Jota collects the ball on the trocar and finds the corridor for Salah who, with a lob, overtakes the opposing goalkeeper once again. Too much Liverpool for a bandaged and confused United, called to wake up as soon as possible so as not to end up out of the Champions League fight.

fulham promoted

Meanwhile, Fulham are back in the Premier League after a single season of absence. The London team – driven by the usual Mitrovic, who scored twice – beat Preston 3-0 and were able to celebrate.

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