LIVERPOOL.- With Darwin Núñez goal, Liverpool, leader of the Premier Leaguehe traced this Saturday against the colista Southampton (3-1) To expand its advantage on the 28th day, in which Manchester City fell again, this time at the House of Nottingham Forest (1-0).
With 70 points, the ‘Reds’ provisionally expand their advantage over Arsenal (2nd, 54 points), which has played two less games, including their visit on Sunday to Manchester United.
The Forest (3rd, 51 pts) every day believes more in its candidacy for the next champions League, especially after imposing itself to the City (4th, 47 pts), direct rival for tickets to the highest continental competition.
In the City Ground, in a game without excessive occasions of goal, the victory was decided in an individual play by Callum Hudson -odoi, who in a boarding school on the right wing, when the entire defense ‘Citizen’ waited for the center to a partner, cut out and took a whipped to beat the first stick to the Brazilian Ederson (83).
With Saturday, there are nine and premier league defeats of the ‘Citizens’ this season, an unpublished balance for the men of Pep Guardiola, quadruple consecutive champions and who have won six of the last seven championships.
That seventh title went to the Liverpool showcases in 2020, which every weekend is closer to being crowned again in the Premier League.
Error between Van Dijk and Alisson
After the suffering 1-0 victory on Wednesday, in the round of 16 Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain, the ‘Reds’ were reluctant again in the first half against the Southampton.
Virgil Van Dijk’s Dutch captain and Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker, hero in Paris with his numerous shortcuts, did not understand themselves when managing a ball in the area, and Will Smallbone (45+1) took the opportunity to advance the ‘Saints’.
But in the second half, Arne Slot’s men changed attitude. The Colombian Luis Díaz made a race to the background, put a pass to the first stick and there Darwin Núñez appeared to put the draw (52).
Just three minutes later, the Uruguayan fell demolished in the area by Smallbone, an action punished with penalty and converted by Mohamed Salah (55).
The Egyptian would achieve a double with another penalty scored, already in the final stretch (88). With this Saturday’s goals, Salah is still as top scorer of the English championship with 27.
The ‘Reds’ already look at the important round of the round of 16 of Tuesday’s champions, when they will receive Paris Saint-Germain in Anfield to defend the 1-0 harvested last Wednesday in the Park of the Princes.
In the rest of the played meetings, the Brighton (6th) won 2-1 to Fulham (9th) in duel for European positions and Crystal Palace (11th) beat Ipswich 1-0 (18º), which remains in descent positions.
