THE FIGHT FOR THE PREMIER KEEPS ALIVE
Liverpool beat Newcastle and force City to win
Published:30/04/2022 - 16:57h
Updated:1/05/2022 - 00:52h
Con un 0-1 en St. James Park, el Liverpool se ha colocado como líder provisional de la Premier League a dos puntos del City. El equipo de Pep Guardiola debe vencer al Leeds United para volver a la punta
The face to face that have starred the Liverpool and the Manchester City promises a thrilling definition in the Premier League. The team of Jürgen Klopp comes to obtain an important victory in front of the Newcastle United, by what his rival in the contention by the trophy will have to follow suit to preserve the advantage of a point that keeps on the team of Merseyside.
However, they have not had it easy against the 'urracas', that presented battle to the end of the commitment, falling finally by the minimum difference after the so much signed by Naby Keïta in the first-half. With this, the 'reds' assume of provisional way the leadership of the English tournament in search of his second trophy under the new denomination of the tournament after breaking the 'maleficio' does two seasons.
Klopp Gives priority to the Champions
For the meeting, the míster has opted for giving rest to his main figures, as Mohamed Salah, Thiago Alcántara and Trent Alexander-Arnold, reserving them for the party of turn of the semifinals of the League of Champions in front of the Villarreal. The Liverpool will travel to Spain to seal his classification to the third final of the tournament of elite in the last five years and his second continental trophy from the arrival of the German trainer.
The Liverpool imposes by the minimum
By part of the Newcastle, a brilliant Jonjo Shelvey carried several messages of danger to the defence visitor in the St. James Park with varied finish from the outside of the area. The 'reds' followed suit by means of Diogo Jota and Keïta, but his shots also lacked precision during the first compasses of the meeting. Nevertheless, this last would break the equality.
After a controversial played between Milner and Schär, that was reviewed by the video arbitration, but there was not action by part of the referee, Keïta finished with the left leg and at all could do the crazy goalkeeperl. The visitors wanted to finish to sentence the victory during the rest of the party, but the 'mapies' did not facilitate them the things. In fact, Almirón finished drilling the networks, but the referee cancelled the so much.
The rest of the party was similar to the first time, although without goals for any of the two teams, with some superiority in attack for the Liverpool, little effective in the arrivals of Diogo Jota and Luis Díaz, but with a good defensive work of the Newcastle. Salah Was called from the bench, but neither could clear. With this victory the Liverpool puts two points above the City, that will have to win to the Leeds to go back to the peak.