Liverpool FC improved further on Wednesday evening (March 1st, 2023) with a beautifully played 2-0 (0-0) win against Wolverhampton in the Premier League. Table leaders Arsenal won confidently.
Jürgen Klopp is approaching the international places again with his team. A week after the sobering 5-2 loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League, the “Reds” with the German team manager in a catch-up game of the 7th day of the “wolves” with two late goals.
The European Cup places are only two points away, the Champions League-Ranks six counters. Virgil van Dijk (73rd) and Mohamed Salah (77th) scored the goals. A goal by Darwin Nunez (66th) had previously been withdrawn after video evidence of a storm foul.
Arsenal back on course
Parallel has the Arsenal FC set course again for his 14th English championship title. Two weeks after the 3-1 defeat in the top game against the defending champion Manchester City celebrated the Londoners in the catch-up game against the Everton FC 4-0 (2-0) their third win in a row and extended their lead at the top of the table to five points. Bukayo Saka (40′) and Gabriel Martinelli (45’+1′) ensured a reassuring 2-0 lead for the “Gunners“, who were champions for the last time in 2004. Martin Ödegaard (71st) and Martinelli (80th) increased after the break.
Surprise in the cup
There was a big surprise in FA Cup. first division southampton lost in the round of 16 at home against fourth division Grimsby Town 1:2 (0:1). Midfielder Gavan Holohan scored twice for the visitors. In injury time in the first half, the 31-year-old converted a penalty kick, and in the 50th minute he scored the 2-0 for the guests with a penalty kick. For the home team could Duje Ćaleta car (65.) only shorten. Grimsby Town must go to quarter-finals Premier League-Representative Brighton & Hove Albion.
Also Tottenham Hotspur failed again prematurely in the cup. The “Spurs” lost after a weak performance with 0: 1 (0: 0) in the second division Sheffield United. Iliman Ndiaye (79th) scored the goal for a surprising victory for Sheffield, which is now in the cup quarter-finals and there with league competitors Blackburn Rovers faces a feasible task. Also hits Manchester City in the quarterfinals on the Burnley FC. Manchester United receives the Fulham FC.