Liverpool raised its tally to 10 points in third place, two points behind leaders Manchester City, with a perfect record so far.
The victory is the third in a row for Liverpool after a draw in its opening match against its host Chelsea.
Liverpool played the match without my heart, Dutch defense Virgil van Dyck and French Ibrahima Konate, the first due to suspension after he was sent off last week, and the second due to injury, so Cameroonian Joel Matip and Joe Gomez played in their place.
And after he scored a brace against Newcastle in the final minutes after coming off the bench to give his team a dramatic 2-1 victory, Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunes participated mainly at the expense of Dutchman Cody Gakbo.
Liverpool’s start was a thunderbolt, after he got a corner kick after a mistake in the sheet by Spanish defender Pau Torres, in which the ball reached Hungarian Dominique Subosulai, so he fired it with his strong left and settled into the net after 3 minutes had passed.
Liverpool continued its absolute advantage and succeeded in adding the second goal with friendly fire when Nunes hit a ball that bounced off the crossbar and hit the leg of the Polish Patty Cash and returned to the net (22).
Nunes almost added the third goal, but the crossbar denied him late in the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, Egyptian Mohamed Salah finally decided the result in favor of his team when he slipped behind the defenders at the far post and winked the ball into the net (55).
Liverpool had rejected an offer of 150 million pounds (about 190 million dollars) from the Saudi club Al-Ittihad to include Salah, according to press reports on Friday.
It is noteworthy that the transfer door in the major European championships closed on the first of this month, but it is still open to Saudi clubs until the seventh of September.
Arsenal will meet at home to Manchester United later in a summit meeting.
© 2023 AFP
2023-09-03 15:05:06
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