Premier League
Liverpool 1-0 West Ham: Mastered the thriller and survived the city chase
Liverpool went through fire and iron but eventually defeated West Ham 1-0 through Mane’s golden goal from the 27th minute to continue their terrible winning streak and move closer to three-point champions City.
West Ham gave her a hard time, forced her, pushed her to the limit, but Liverpool… survived. In the duel between the two teams in the 28th game of the Premier League, Reds and Hammer gave it their all and both had several opportunities to send the ball into the net, which the hosts managed in the 27th minute with Mane enough for them to score a golden three -Get pointers.
It was a 12th straight win for Jurgen Klopp’s side in all competitions (7th in a row in the league), who again sit -3 at the top and champions Manchester City hoping for a spin on Sunday (3/5). the champions in the big local derby against United to put even more pressure on Pep Guardiola’s Blues.
The game
Liverpool went into full attack and only had a huge chance in the 2nd minute with Salah’s fourth quarter through Fabianski, who won the West Ham keeper (he chested off the Egyptian pitch) while Salah saw in the 14th minute , as the ball went out of bounds the box.
It was then the turn of the Londoners to threaten two shots from Antonio on 14 and 22 minutes, which forced Allison to intervene to upset the balance of play in the 27th minute.
When Alexander-Arnold shot from the right and Santio Mane followed the ball’s path to be thrown on Dawson’s back and with his 12th goal (5 in the last equal number of Premier League games) from the Englishman’s 16th assist the red jersey on the right rear in all competitions.
That goal gave psychology to the hosts, who dominated the last ten minutes and made it 2-0, but West Ham also had a great chance of a draw when Alexander-Arnold cut before the ball crossed the line on the pitch. from Fornals and to follow a great intervention by Allison in the same player’s head.
The second half found Liverpool under control for the first 20 minutes and their top moment was Dias’ fake shot from inside the box in 64′ which went slightly wide, with the Hammers finding and having empty spaces afterwards a glaring occasion in the 70’s.
When Lancini was alone in front of Allison after a right-hand corner and everyone was waiting for him to send the ball into the net, he didn’t find it the way he would have liked and desperately sent it wide to remind him of…Chelsea’s Cap on penalties in the last League Cup final that the Reds celebrated in the last cup.
The match had taken on a wild beauty when Dias had another good shot from outside the box in the 75th minute and five minutes later the Londoners threatened the opposition again, this time with Antonio, with Keita appearing like God Machine and set the counterattack to end the corner kick.
The final ten minutes of regulation time combined with the five minute delay provided the crowd with terrifying struggles with the goal falling for neither side and the 1-0 stay that Liverpool held with their fingernails and with their teeth and remain in the title bay and alive in the hunt for Manchester City.
LIVERPOOL: Allison, Alexander-Arnold, Conate, Van Dyke, Robertson, Fambino, Henderson, Keita (90′ Milner), Mane, Dias (96′ Jones), Salah (79′ Zota)
WEST HAM: Fabianski, Johnson, Zuma, Dawson, Creswell, Sucek, Fornals (93′ Chechers), Bowen (54′ Benrahma), Lancini, Vlasic (61′ Noble), Antonio
The results of the 28th game:
The highlights:
Leicester – Leeds 1-0
Aston Villa-Southampton 4-0
Burnley-Chelsea 0-4
Newcastle-Brighton 2-1
Norwich-Brentford 1-3
Wolves – Crystal Palace 0-2
Premier League table:
The program of the 29th race:
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