The Colombian louis diaz showed his bravery by risking the guy against Robert Sanchez in Liverpool’s first goal in the victory against Brighton & Hove Albion (0-2).
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Brighton
Robert Sanchez; Marc Cucurella, Lewis Dunk, Joël Veltman; Tariq Lamptey, Yves Bissouma (Welbeck, 66′), Alexis Mac Allister, Steven Alzate (Lallana, 45′), Solly March; Neal Maupay and Leandro Trossard.
Liverpool
Allison; Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Joel Matip, Trent Alexander-Arnold; Fabinho, Naby Keita (Thiago, 65′), Jordan Henderson (Milner, 86′); Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah (Diogo Jota, 65′) and Luis Díaz.
goals
0-1 M.19, Luis Diaz. 0-2 M.61, Mohamed Salah.
Referee
Mike Dean. TA: Yves Bissouma, Alexis Mac Allister, Neal Maupay/Fabinho.
Incidents
Match corresponding to the twenty-ninth round of the 2021/2022 Premier League played at Arnex Stadium (Falmer).
Diaz took advantage of a great pass from joel matip behind the defense to anticipate Sanchez and scoring with his head, taking a terrible blow from the Spanish goalkeeper, who could have been sent off. The VAR reviewed the action, in which Sanchez hit with his fist and leg Diazbut determined that it was not a reason for red.
The Colombian, in pain, could not even celebrate the goal, which went up on the scoreboard and allowed Liverpool to recover from a good start by the ‘Gaviotas’ and take an advantage that they would not let go.
Brighton, already in the second half, had a good opportunity to tie the match, with a shot from Leander Trossard from inside the area that he sent over the crossbar, but it was Liverpool who sentenced.
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Naby Keita forced, with a shot, a very clear hand of Yvess Bissouma inside the area and the referee awarded a penalty. Muhammad Salah, who had run into the crossbar once, did not miss. Shot strong and to the center and cheated Sanchez.
He had chances against the team Jurgen Klopp to increase the win, but the clearest was for Brighton, with a shot from Danny Welbeck which brought out spectacularly Allison to keep his team’s goal clean.
With this victory, Liverpool continues its hunt for Manchester City in the Premier League and closes the gap to three points, with the same games played and a direct duel ahead on April 10.
Brighton, already very far from the European positions, is thirteenth, with 33 points.