FC Liverpool has taken the next step towards the championship in the Premier League by a safe victory against Newcastle United.
The league leader won 2-0 (1-0) on Wednesday evening and even expanded his lead at the top. The Arsenal FC did not get over a 0-0 against Nottingham Forest on the same evening, with one more game more in the account, Liverpool is now a 13 point lead in second place. Dominik Szoboszlai (11th minute) and Alexis Mac Allister (64th) scored the goals for the Reds.
Szoboszlai continues to be in shape – and dangerous
The hosts take over without their suspended coach Arne Slot, who of course was sitting on the stands, also under the transition coach John Heinga directly and after 6 minutes could have received a penalty when Lewis Hall went down against Mohamed Salah and caught the Egyptian on the leg – however, it did not exist. However, the first real tora approach, albeit accidentally, did not flew the crossbar as a slipped flank of Jacob Murphy from the right side (8th).
The 1-0 for the Reds fell directly with the first own chance. After a intercepted flank of the guests, Liverpool switched off at lightning speed, Luis Diaz was sent on the left on the left, put it in the way, which is currently so form -strong Szoboszlai, which is not too placed in the penalty area, but the goalkeeper Nick Pope was apparently somewhat covered.
The Reds physically dominant – Newcastle without Isak hardly any chances
The guests, even with Champions League ambitions, held well despite significantly less possession of the ball, physically strongly defended and lurked on fast swell moments. Without her top striker Alexander Isak, who was at short notice due to the groin problems, the attack efforts against the physically strong Liverpool defense often did not have the necessary punch. After less than half an hour, Liverpool had also withdrawn a little and was now waiting for himself to be able to play forward -like. In the 28th minute this would almost be successful when Luis Diaz conquered the ball, borne three opponents and took off on the Kostas Tsimika’s accommodated, but which clearly moved from a good position on the left in the penalty area.
Shortly afterwards, the guests also had their only really good chance of the first round, but the Callum Wilson broken freely on the left did not bring his volley qualification to the goal, but aimed half a meter to the right. As a result, the Heinga-Elf itself did a little more for the game, remote shots by Szoboszlai (35th) and Salah (39th) narrowly missed the goal.
Liverpool strikes again and then plays it down safely
The big spectacle was not in the first 45 minutes this Wednesday evening – and the second round also started not very eventful. It took up to the 64th minute before the ranks in Anfield had to marvel at again – the best attack in the game. Mac Allister conquered the ball in midfield, marched straight from the center line into the penalty area, played out on the right on Salah, who played back onto the Argentine after a little dance with two opponents. He then nailed the ball from about 12 meters quite humorlessly into the mesh to 2: 0.
Newcastle tried to become more active now and deliver a direct answer, coach Eddie Howe changed four times. Instead, the somewhat more offensive approach would have been punished almost promptly in a counterattack, but Luis Diaz missed the 3-0 in the 72nd minute after Salah’s outdoor in the long post, Salah himself failed in the 87th minute.
Even if the Magpies would have liked to want and held out in an intensive game: In the end, Newcastle was never really close in this final phase to find the encounter again, which seemed 3-0 much closer than the connection goal – but both fell.