Liverpool narrowly defeated Newcastle 4-2 in a game in which Mohamed Salah scored 2 goals despite missing a penalty. Makes the Reds escape their opponents by 3 points.
20 minutes into the game, Liverpool sent the ball into the net from Luis Diaz. But a VAR check found that they were offside. The local football fans cheered.
The Reds missed another chance to take the lead. When they were awarded a penalty when Sven Botman fouled Luis Diaz before Mohamed Salah took charge of the penalty kick. But Martin Dubravka made a save while Trent Alexander-Arnold’s follow-up shot. It doesn’t fit in the frame. The visiting team narrowly escaped conceding a goal ทางเข้า UFABET
Liverpool should have taken the lead in the 36th minute. Darwin Nuñez slipped into the penalty area to face Martin Dubravka, but his shot was barely saved.
Minutes later.
Newcastle sent the ball into the net from the moment Lewis Miley dropped the ball from the right side into the penalty area for Dan Burn to insert and head into the net. But there was a VAR check earlier that Alexander Isak was ahead of the game. So the Magpies didn’t get the lead goal.
The Reds almost got it again, Trent Alexander-Arnold. Volley from almost the right end of the backline. The ball hits from an extremely tight angle. Hit the beam hard. It almost became a magical door. After that, the first half ended tied 0-0.
The second half started 4 minutes in. Liverpool took the lead 1-0 until Luis Diaz passed the ball from the left to Darwin Nuñez, who slammed it into the middle for Mohamed Salah to hit easily in the middle door.
Darwin Nuñez had the chance to report 3 times in a row that would add to Liverpool’s lead. But the first 2 times Dubravka was saved and the other time he shot out of bounds himself.
As for why, it was Newcastle who equalized 1-1 in the 54th minute. Anthony Gordon stabbed the ball for Alexander Isak, who was caught offside before slipping it through the hands of Alisson. Accurately hits the far post.
The Reds continued.
Luis Diaz had a chance to set up a goal from far in the 62nd minute. But Dubravka made another save. Then another minute later, Darwin Nuñez scored an emphatic header from Wataru Endo’s opening shot. But it was out of bounds again.
Jurgen Klopp could not remain silent and had to change the game by changing 3 players in a row, sending Ryan Grafenberg, Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota to replace Dominic Szoboszlai, Darvin Nuñez and Luis Diaz, with Szoboslai also limping off the field with an injury.
The Reds fought hard until they took a 2-1 lead, until in the 74th minute Diogo Jota connected with Salah. Before opening from the end of the line for Curtis Jones to curl in.
The score flowed to 3-1 in the next 4 minutes. Mohamed Salah opened the ball from the right side with the outside of his foot to Cody Kakpo, who shot close. Even though he didn’t hit completely. But it turned out to be a good ball, bouncing off the first post and Dubravka lost control in the other direction.
Newcastle didn’t give up.
Trailing to 3-2 in the 81st minute from a corner kick from the right side that Sean Longstaff took, Sven Botman headed it over 6 yards into the net.
But in the 85th minute, Liverpool received a penalty when Jota broke free before being tackled by Dubravka in the penalty area. Mo Salah was responsible for taking the penalty again. This time, he didn’t miss a shot into his own left-hand corner, while Dubravka dived the other way, so the Reds took a 4-2 lead.
After that, at the end of the game, Liverpool beat Newcastle 4-2, collecting 45 points, taking the lead by 3 points away from Aston Villa.