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Liverpool back to top, Everton dents Chelsea hope of top four

1001newsng — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 08:16:06 +0000

Liverpool overtook Manchester City to climb to the summit of the Premier League yesterday, after defecting the newly promoted Fulham, who might soon return to the championship. It was a game a stronger determination on the part of Klopp’s boy to rekindle the hope of their fans in the league title at the end of the season. James Milner converted a spot kick nine minutes from time to see off lowly Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage on Sunday.

Sadio Mane put the visitors in front midway through the first half, but a rare defensive mix-up between Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker allowed Ryan Babel to give his former club a huge scare 16 minutes from time. Fulham’s awful defending all season is the reason they are heading back to the Championship after just one season back in the top flight, and the hosts gave Jurgen Klopp’s men a much-needed gift when goalkeeper Sergio Rico bundled over Mane and Milner secured all three points from the spot.

Liverpool now hold a two-point lead over City, but the defending champions have a game in hand. The Anfield club had on Wednesday moved into the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a highly impressive 3-1 win at Bayern Munich. Meanwhile, Everton football club on Sunday dented the hope of Chelsea of making the top-four as they overpowered the Maurizio Sarri’s tutored side by 2-0 in one of the English Premier League (EPL) matches decided on Sunday.

(NAN)

Liverpool punish united with 3-1 win to regain top spot

1001newsng — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:07:30 +0000

It has not been one of the season Jose Mourinho can entertain his fans as usual, as the team performance seems never to have gotten better since the beginning of the 2018/19 season. This last weekend will be another Mou will never forget in a hurry. Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United left Anfield Sunday empty-handed, after they lost 1-3 in an intense match clash against league leaders Liverpool.
Super sub Xherdan Shaqiri did the magic, as he punished United with two goals within seven minutes, the first on the 73rd minute, just three minutes after replacing Naby Keita. Seven minutes after, he was on song again, with a second goal, which was deflected off a United player.
Shaqiri’s brace gave Liverpool a comfortable 3-1 lead going into the last 10 minutes of the game.
The game had ended all square 1-1 in the first half. Sadio Mane opened scoring in the 24th minute for Liverpool. Nine minutes after, Jesse Lingard equalised for the visitors.
But in the second half, Liverpool came in stronger, dominating possession and ceaselessly pounding the defence of United. But they were not rewarded for all the efforts until Shaqiri came in.
The victory sent Liverpool back to the summit of the league, overtaking defending champions Manchester City. Liverpool now have 45 points after 17 games, while City have 44 and Tottenham are on their heels with 39 points, in third position. (NAN)