Liverpool narrowly beat Sheffield United 3-1 at Anfield in a match of the 31st round of the Premier League. Thus, the Merseysiders regained first place in the provisional standings with an asset of 70 points, 2 ahead of Arsenal and 3 ahead of Manchester City. The Blades are last with 15.
Even before 60 seconds of football had passed, the visitors had the opportunity to shock their famous host. James Mactay received a pass in the air and fired a shot into the bottom right corner, but Caolmin Kelleher produced a phenomenal save.
In the sixth minute, Liverpool answered the challenge after Joe Gomez’s cross, Ivo Gurbic deflected wide, but Mohamed Salah got to the ball and fired a fine shot under the crossbar, but the Sheffield keeper was able to intervene to prevent an own goal.
In the 17th minute, Liverpool took the lead after a blunder by Gerbic. The goalkeeper of the visitors was unable to clear the ball and gave it to Darwin Nunes, who shot it towards the empty goal and easily gave his team a 1:0 lead. In the 34th minute, Luis Diaz found Alexis McAllister, who shot from the edge of the box but wide of the left side post.
Six minutes later, the Merseysiders came close to taking the lead again after Virgil van Dijk broke free of his personal keeper in the box from a corner and headed home, which was saved by Ivo Gurbic.
In the 74th minute, Andrew Robertson tracked the ball down and fired a shot from the edge of the penalty area but inches wide of the right side post.
Two minutes later, however, the logical thing happened and Liverpool scored a second goal. A ricocheted ball ended up at the feet of Mack Allister, who from the movement sent a magnificent shot to the upper right corner, which proved to be unsaveable for Ivo Gurbic – 2:1.
In the 85th minute, the Argentinian midfielder came close to scoring a second when he fired directly from a free-kick but was unfortunate to rattle the crossbar.
In the last minute of regular time, Liverpool scored a third goal, which decided everything in the match. Andy Robertson provided a brilliant cross for Cody Gakpo, who was forgotten by the Sheffield defense and headed the ball into the net to make it 3-1.
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