LIVERPOOL (AFP) - Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he felt "massive relief" after Mohamed Salah's double helped his side go seven points clear at the top of the Premier League following a thrilling 4-3 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday (Jan 19).
Salah is the league's top scorer with 16 after goals at Anfield that contained huge slices of luck, with Liverpool having to overcome a determined Palace team in a rollercoaster encounter.
Liverpool will happily accept goals of all types as they look to win the league title for the first time in 29 years and this result again heaped pressure on second-placed Manchester City, who face Huddersfield Town on Sunday.
"It's a massive relief. We knew for different reasons the game would be difficult," Klopp said afterwards.
"Crystal Palace traditionally do well against Liverpool and with the physicality it was clear it would be like the first half was.
"We had to stay positive, being one down is not a massive blow, we just needed to win the second half and did what we had to do."
Palace were the last team to beat Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League back in April 2017 and the south London club looked on course to repeat that feat when Andros Townsend gave the visitors a well-worked lead after 34 minutes.
Â
Liverpool came flying out of the blocks after the break though as Salah and Roberto Firmino helped the Reds hit back within eight minutes of the re-start.
Salah's opener for Liverpool came courtesy of a Virgil van Dijk shot that took a huge deflection off James McArthur and fell perfectly to him three yards out before Firmino curled into Julian Speroni's far corner.
'DIFFERENT WAYS TO WIN'
However the match was only just getting started. James Tomkins headed Palace level with 25 minutes remaining before Salah scored another freakish goal, bundling home from less than yard out after Speroni - the Premier League's oldest player - fumbled a soft James Milner cross and gifted the ball to the Egyptian.
Palace were helped when Milner was sent off for a second bookable offence following a sloppy tackle on Wilfried Zaha a minute before the end of normal time, but Sadio Mane scored four minutes later to give Liverpool a 4-2 lead that finished the Londoners despite Max Meyer sweeping past Becker in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
One of the defining characteristics of Liverpool under Klopp's side is the way they can win in contrasting fashions, be it Saturday's seven-goal thriller or last week's efficient 1-0 success at Brighton.
"There are different ways to win football games and today we had to dig in to do that," Klopp said.
"I'm really happy. The result is massive, we have 60 points now it's crazy, it's an important number."
Salah's double meant the Egypt forward had now scored 50 Premier League goals in just 72 appearances.
"It's an exceptional achievement from a world-class player," said Klopp.
"It's a classical win-win situation because he benefits from our style of play and the other boys benefit from him scoring goals."
'WICKED CRUELTY'
Palace boss Roy Hodgson, who managed Liverpool for a tumultuous period between July 2010 and January 2011 and is not fondly remembered on Merseyside, was left to reflect on his side's bad luck.
"I thought it was a really good performance," Hodgson said.
"To find yourself 2-1 down to a 45-yard shot that was deflected and then a deflected shot was unfortunate.
"To come back to 2-2 was commendable. The third goal, the cruelty of football shows itself at its most wicked."
As for Liverpool's title chances, the ex-England manager added: "Liverpool have the wherewithal and the margin of points at the top. That is a good place to be.
"I am pretty sure that Jurgen Klopp and his staff and players realise there is a long way to go."
Hello Web Admin, I noticed that your On-Page SEO is is missing a few factors, for one you do not use all three H tags in your post, also I notice that you are not using bold or italics properly in your SEO optimization.
Corpus of articles from the English newspaper 'The Financial
UEFA said the Portuguese would face a hearing on Thursday for "improper conduct" during the last-16 second leg match, where Juventus completed a 3-2 aggregate win Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo is facing disciplinary action for his celebration after one of the three goals he scored in last week
Ronaldo faces disciplinary hearing over goal celebration
Jan Vertonghen will not play for Tottenham at Bournemouth on Saturday as the club continue to monitor him in the wake of the head injury he suffered in Tuesday night's Champions League defeat against Ajax.
Football: Tottenham's Vertonghen did not suffer concussion
Football; Formula 1; Rice scores first Hammers goal to defeat Arsenal. whose ball came to Rice via a neat lay-off from Nasri and Rice's first-time shot gave Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno
Rice scores first Hammers goal to defeat Arsenal - ewn.co.za
Football: Female staff member of Hougang United charged with CBT over $278,000 clubhouse funds. Hougang United said the police report was made on the day of the incident in December 2018 and the
S$278,200 missing from Hougang United Football Club; employee
The activists, including Islamist MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei and six women, were flown home aboard a government plane from Jordan after crossing by bus from Israel early yesterday, following hours of
Liverpool will spend Christmas on top of the Premier League after goals from Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk earned them a 2-0 win at Wolves on Friday, opening up a four-point lead over second
Liverpool seal Christmas top spot as Salah and Van Dijk sink
Are you looking for a good pair of pickleball shoes?. One of the great things about this sports is that you really don't need much equipment to get started - with just a pickleball paddle, a few pickleballs you can be on the court playing in no time, especially with courts popping up all over the place.
What Are The Rules of Shot Put? - Sports U
Why Consider Treatment for Oppositional Defiant Disorder at Valley Behavioral Health System in Fort Smith, Arkansas. If you have watched your child decline into the destructive pattern of oppositional defiant disorder, you may feel beat down, both physically and mentally.
How to Respond to Your Defiant Teen | Psychology Today
Lions must want the ball: Yoshida. New national football coach Tatsuma Yoshida (centre) closely watching the Lions players during his first training session at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday.
Football: My players must want the ball, says new Lions coach
Now, I have landed a potential starting two guard, I have my three of the future set in Miles Bridges, I have an intriguing four man in Isaac, and I have Cody Zeller at the five. Even without Walker, this is a team that can start gelling and learning from each other right away.
How To Replace the F-35: Meet the 'Advanced' Super Hornet for
watch coppa america live streaming barcelona
watch soccer live streaming qatar vs philippines
watch soccer game live now
live ipl live streaming- watch indian premier league 2013 online
watch barclays premier league online live streaming
watch premier league live streaming vf
watch english premier league live streaming free
watch soccer online free streaming live south africa
watch champions league live streaming xfinity
watch live soccer online free streaming now
watch champions league online free live streaming hd
watch coppa america live streaming totalsportek
watch soccer online free streaming live p2p
watch coppa america live streaming qatar
watch coppa america live streaming video
watch coppa america live streaming uk
how to watch uefa champions league live streaming
watch champions league live streaming zee tv
watch champions league draw live stream total sportek
watch coppa america live streaming twitch
watch bangladesh premier league live streaming
watch premier league live streaming yify
watch uefa champions league draw live streaming free online
watch coppa america live streaming jamaica
watch coppa america live streaming quality
watch coppa america live streaming india vs england
watch coppa america live streaming putlockers
watch coppa america live streaming sctv
watch soccer online free streaming live hd
watch coppa america live streaming xbox one
watch premier league live streaming live
watch the champions league live stream
watch soccer online free streaming live dracula
watch live english premier league online free streaming
watch live streaming soccer manchester united
watch soccer online free streaming live reddit
watch coppa america live streaming direct
watch coppa america live streaming nz
watch champions league live streaming cricfree
watch coppa america live streaming hd free
watch premier league live stream reddit
watch soccer online free streaming live english
watch soccer online free streaming live first row
watch soccer online free streaming live app
watch uefa champions league draw live streaming youtube
watch uefa champions league live streaming free online india
watch coppa america live streaming bt sport
watch coppa america live streaming australia
watch uefa champions league final live streaming free online
watch soccer online free streaming live manchester united
watch epl live streaming on iphone
watch soccer online free streaming live batman
watch sky sports premier league live stream
watch soccer world cup live streaming
watch soccer live streaming xfinity
watch premier league stream reddit
watch champions league final online free live streaming
watch epl live streaming free no sign up
watch champions league live streaming pc
watch uefa champions league live streaming sportek
watch soccer live live football streaming cr7
where to watch premier league live streaming
watch coppa america live streaming tv
watch coppa america live streaming bein sport
watch coppa america live streaming rcti
watch soccer online free streaming live youtube
watch premier league net live stream channel
watch coppa america live streaming gratis
watch coppa america live streaming espn
watch soccer online free streaming live in english
watch soccer live streaming kenya
best site to watch live soccer streaming
watch indian premier league live streaming
watch soccer online free streaming live liverpool
watch champions league live streaming vf
watch arsenal southampton premier league live stream
watch champions league draw live streaming free
watch champions league live streaming jamaica
watch soccer online free streaming live espn
live tv soccer live stream - live3s.com
watch usa soccer live stream
tv soccer live stream sky
watch soccer games live stream free app
watch soccer live streaming qatar
watch everton vs tottenham live soccer streaming
watch coppa america live streaming hd
watch karnataka premier league live streaming
watch real madrid vs juventus live streaming of champions league
#ucl #leicestercity #PartyTime #adidasslipon #nikesoccer #4Series #freekickerz #elcasico #Bar #mancity #tokyo #seriea #villarealcf #premierleague #ignoranza #copaamerica #myfootballuniverse #Suarez #kroenkeout #frasitrap #lovefootball #england #ronaldo #vandijk #chocolate #winner #ballondor #risate #manchestercity #pagani #league2 #coffeebreak #cr7 #oasis #footballschedule #mancityvsliverpool #crossfit #livesports #arsenal #liverpool #golf #premierleague #bayern #goodday #Celtic #afcnews #footballstreaming #manchestercity #barcelona #footballmeme #valcea #Barca #bayervshoffenheim #football #footballdubai #MSport #Fcb #Liamgallagher #romania #lionelmessi #nationsleague #transfernews #footballfans #hoffenhiem #comics #soccermemes #boxing
No comments:
Post a Comment