Big leads Brighton to victory
Liverpool FC secured a must-win win against bottom side Sheffield United in the Premier League and maintained contact with league leaders Arsenal FC. Coach Jürgen Klopp’s team could only breathe a sigh of relief on Wednesday evening after Dominik Szoboszlai’s goal in stoppage time (90th + 4 minutes) to make the final score 2-0 (1-0). The success gained in value due to the result in the day’s top game: Manchester City were unable to win in their fourth Premier League game in a row and lost 1-0 to Aston Villa with a goal from former Leverkusen player Leon Bailey (74th).
In the table, Liverpool are two points behind Arsenal (36 points) after 15 games. Thanks to their success, Aston Villa moved past defending champions City and are third (32), coach Pep Guardiola’s team has 30 points. Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United are behind with 27 points. The “Red Devils” beat Chelsea FC 2-1.
Captain Virgil van Dijk scored Liverpool’s only goal for a long time with a header from a corner (37th). The guests missed numerous opportunities to score a second goal. Sheffield came away empty-handed in the first game under returning coach Chris Wilder.
Meanwhile, national player Pascal Groß enabled Brighton & Hove Albion’s comeback against FC Brentford with his goal. The midfielder equalized in the 31st minute, Jack Hinshelwood scored the winning goal to make it 2-1 (52nd) after great preparatory work. Bryan Mbeumo (27’/penalty) gave the guests the lead.
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One thing was clear: Fulham FC beat Nottingham Forest 5-0. The team around German keeper Bernd Leno celebrated double packs from Raúl Jiménez (34th/54th) and Alex Iwobi (30th/73rd) as well as the goal from Tom Cairney (86th).
Liverpool coach Klopp: Don’t write off Manchester City – Matip tore his cruciate ligament
After the match day, Liverpool coach Klopp warned that defending champions Manchester City would no longer be among the championship candidates in England. “If someone were to write City off, then that’s obviously the biggest joke, it doesn’t make any sense,” said the 56-year-old after his team’s 2-0 win at Sheffield United.
Klopp also confirmed that Joel Matip has torn his anterior cruciate ligament. The former Bundesliga professional will probably no longer be able to help Liverpool FC this season. “Unfortunately I expected that,” said Klopp. “It’s very unfortunate.” The defender, who trained at FC Schalke 04, had been substituted after 69 minutes in the hard-fought 4-3 win against FC Fulham three days earlier. The 32-year-old from Bochum has 27 international matches for Cameroon.
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