MANCHESTER.- The leader Liverpool He took an important step towards the reconquest of the title in the Premier League by winning 2-0 during your visit to Manchester City This Sunday at the close of the 26th day, after which he puts himself with 11 points on the Arsenal (2nd).
The defeat of the ‘Gunners’ on Saturday at the Derbi against West Ham was perfectly used by a Liverpool that had a more comfortable match than expected in Etihad Stadium, thanks once again to Mohamed Salah, which marked in 14 and He gave the pass for Dominik Szoboszlai in 37.
“It is a special victory. Especially how much you are chasing the title, this is incredible. In this team we need another title,” said Salah.
Arsenal has a game played less than Liverpool, but the eleven points of difference make the trophy gradually approach Anfield’s showcases.
Liverpool fans displaced to Manchester already started singing songs of “Champions, champions!”.
This Sunday’s game can even be read as a symbolic transfer of the scepter, between a Manchester City (4th, 44 points) that is in evident decline and a liverpool that already takes 20 points.
Guardiola, without the formula
The week has been a nightmare for City, which was eliminated by Real Madrid on Wednesday at the champions League play-off.
Pep Guardiola, on the bench of the ‘Sky Blues’ since 2016, lost for the first time as a local in Liverpool that after the Jürgen Klopp era has found a master hand in Arne Slot.
Salah, with its 25th both in this Premier League, reinforced its important advantage in the top scorers table.
He marked this time after an intelligent combination in a corner kick between the Argentine Mac Allister and Szoboszlai, which gave him the assistance.
The Egyptian returned the gift to his Hungarian partner in the second goal ‘Red’, when he unmarked from Josko Gvardiol and sent the pass so that Szoboszlai put the final 2 to 0.
From Lionel Messi with Barcelona in 2014-2015, no figure managed to score and give at least an assistance in eleven games of the same season in the major European leagues.
Meanwhile, the City star, Erling Haaland, was not even summoned by a knee problem.
“Despite the casualties, we play very well. If you have to lose, you have to lose as we have lost today. I have seen many things that show that this club has a good future with the players we have,” Guardiola said.