Sheffield 0-2 Liverpool: Arsenal’s hunt continues unbroken

A few days after an impressive 4-3 win over Fulham at Anfield and an incredible comeback in the final, Liverpool entered Bramall Lane in high spirits and used the momentum in their favor by beating bottom-placed Sheffield United, 2-2. 0 and reduces the gap to league leaders Arsenal to two points.

The Rangers were superior to Wilder’s team (debut on the bench, on his return to the club of his heart) and opened the scoring in the 37th minute with Van Dijk’s first Premier League goal of the season, while they secured the victory in stoppage time through Somboslay.

The match

From the opening minutes, Liverpool took control through possession but were unable to create any clear chances in the first 20 minutes, while Sheffield did the damage in the 12th minute with a quick counter-attack (triggered by a mistake from Gomez in the game). midfield), where Kelleher had to beat Makati in four shots.

In the 21st minute, Van Dijk threatened for the first time with a header that forced Foderingham into action, while three minutes later Konate tried to score in the same way but then found Klopp’s team gaining more yards up the pitch and the goal in the 21st minute reached the 37th minute.

Alexander-Arnold shot a corner from the right and Van Dijk hit the net through the opposing defense (0-1), celebrating his first Premier League goal of the season.

This goal gave the Rangers a boost and in the 45th + 5th. In the minute they had a good moment with Macalister’s powerful shot from outside the penalty area, being right in front of the goal in the final of the first half and dominating all statistical categories (20%-80% possession, 3-9 finals, 1-5 home finals, 80-313 transfers).

The first big chance of the second half belonged to Liverpool and Salah, who scored his 200th goal for Liverpool in the 56th minute, but was stopped by Foderingham with an impressive intervention, after which the Reds were in control but not threatening and Klopp Salah replaced Dias with Elliott and Nunes in the 67th minute.

In the 77th minute, Nunez failed to ‘finish’ the game as he was beaten in a foursome with Foderingham, while Sheffield, for their part, hoped for the first good moment of the game but failed to find it. Instead, Klopp’s side scored their second goal in added time when Nunez stole the ball from outside the penalty area and fed Soboslay, with the Hungarian finishing past Foderingham to make it 2-0.

• SHEFFIELD: Foderingham, Bogle, Ahmaddzic, Trusty (88′ Lowe), Robinson, Brooks (74′ Fleck), Makati, Souza (86′ Norwood), Hamer, Osula (74′ Traore), Archer
• LIVERPOOL: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Gomez, Edo, McAllister (59′ Jones), Somboslay, Dias (67′ Nunes), Salah (67′ Elliott), Hakpo (86′ Hraffenberg)

Triumph for Fulham, victories for Brighton and Bournemouth

In the remaining games, which had the same start time as ‘Bramall Lane’, the west London game between Fulham and Nottingham stood out, with Marco Silva’s team impressive and beating the Reds 5-0 who had Odysseus Vlachodemos under their belt.

At the Amex, AEK’s Europa League group rivals Brighton beat Brentford 2-1, while Bournemouth enjoyed a great 2-0 away win against Crystal Palace.

The results of the 15th game

• Wolves – Burnley 1:0 (42′ Huang)
• Luton-Arsenal 3-4 (25′ Oso, 49′ Adebayo, 57′ Barkley / 20′ Martinelli, 45′ Jesus, 60′ Havertz, 90+7′ Rice)
• Sheffield-Liverpool 0-2 (37′ Van Dijk, 90+4′ Soboslay)
• Fulham-Nottingham 5:0 (30′ 74′ Igwobi, 34′ 55′ Jimenes, 86′ Kearney)
• Crystal Palace – Bournemouth 0-2 (25′ Senesi, 91′ Moore)
• Brighton-Brentford 2-1 (31′ Gross, 52′ Hinselwood / 27′ Penalty. Embeumo)
• 12.06. 10:15 p.m Manchester United-Chelsea
• 12.06. 10:15 p.m Aston Villa-Manchester City
• 12.07. 9:30 p.m Everton-Newcastle
• 12.07. 10:15 p.m Tottenham-West Ham

The program for the 16th matchday

• 12.09. 2:30 p.m Crystal Palace – Liverpool
• 12.09. 17:00 o’clock Wolves – Nottingham
• 12.09. 17:00 o’clock Brighton-Burnley
• 12.09. 17:00 o’clock Sheffield-Brentford
• 12.09. 17:00 o’clock Manchester United – Bournemouth
• 12.09. 19:30 o’clock Aston Villa-Arsenal
• 12.10. 4:00 p.m Luton-Manchester City
• 12.10. 4:00 p.m Fulham-West Ham
• 12.10. 4:00 p.m Everton-Chelsea
• 12.10. 6:30 p.m Tottenham-Newcastle