Manchester City is no longer invincible nor is Erling Haaland infallible, bowed down by Mohamed Salah’s great goal, who controlled an uncontrollable ball for most of his goalkeeper Alisson’s footballers, won with the body and reception at the half turn of the ball to the innocent Joao Cancelo and ran, ran and ran towards the other area, where he defined the goal and Liverpool’s victory against Ederson (1-0).
The move enhanced and vindicated a magnificent footballerbut he also pointed to the Portuguese side, another phenomenal player, better in attack than in defense, as evidenced by an action that had arisen from a foul in favor of the group led by Pep Guardiola: Kevin de Bruyne hung it in the area, too loose, at the hands of Allisonthat kicked off the backlash with the long serve that won Salah to Cancelo and that was 1-0 in the 75th minute, among the apotheosis of the Anfield public, so in need of a claim.
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He is still fourteen points behind Arsenal’s lead, but he altered his recent dynamic of three games without a win and shouted to all his opponents that he will compete until the end. The London team, winner two hours earlier against Leeds, came out of the clash at the top reinforced by the defeat of Manchester City, the first time they have lost this season in the Premier, after seven wins and two draws that ended at Anfield. And without nuance.
Salah’s infinity of resources.
How he puts his body to turn and make a fool of Cancelo.
The speed with the ball, head up to choose where to define. Bestial. pic.twitter.com/wkMiw5jvfN– Diego! (@Diego76DT) October 16, 2022
Competitive, contained, intense and firm in the first half, with the defenses above the attacks until then, the second half really unleashed Liverpool and Manchester City, who relaunched their voracity after the interval, confronted in ambition, merits and occasions, but without a goal until Mohamed Salah’s 1-0, due to the crucial and timely saves by his Brazilian goalkeepers, Alisson and Ederson, then essential for the 0-0 that lasted until the 75th minute, until the final goal of the ‘ 11’ Egyptian.
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Erling Haaland did not scorealthough he had two headers in the first act and, above all, the shot that Alisson repelled midway through the second period, already overcome at game time. He had scored fifteen goals in nine games in the Premier, in which only one did not beat the rival goal. This Sunday, seven days later, Liverpool achieved such a feat. Specifically, his defense, including Joe Gómez.
Phil Foden did score a goal, but it was disallowed in the 52nd minute. Promoted between the Norwegian striker, who snatched the ball from Fabinho at a foul (as VAR later detected to cancel the goal), and Kevin de Bruyne, the young City attacker, renewed this week until 2027, scored after the rejection of the local goalkeeper . Review on the monitor by referee Anthony Taylor confirmed the appearance of the infraction.
TNeither had Salah scored moments before, on the other side, whose opportunity in the 50th minute definitely shook up the matchwhen he stood alone against Ederson, when he squandered one of those chances that never fails, when the visiting goalkeeper grew bigger in front of him to get a fantastic hand with which he just cleared the striker’s attempt, when the goalkeeper damaged his left ankle in action, though he kept going.
Nor had Diogo Jota been effective, who ended up on a stretcher, injured, a month before the World Cup, in the final moments.
Earlier, he headed the perfect cross that Salah proposed to him, when he finished off alone, perhaps somewhat forced, to the side of the net, between Ederson’s desperate exit; all within a quarter of an hour sequence, with the aforementioned goal disallowed against Foden, which Guardiola insistently claimed as valid, with visible gestures, between the protests of Haaland’s foul at the origin of Fabinho, which did seem to be an infraction.
In that momentary maelstrom, in that already open duel, relentlessly, Suddenly, Salah resurfaced, who controlled Alisson’s pitch, overwhelmed Cancelo and made the difference in favor of Liverpool. Klopp ended up expelled.
