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Winning the controversy, Liverpool climbed to the top of the table, putting great pressure on Man City

Round 35 Premier League, Liverpool was rated much higher despite having to be a guest at Newcastle. As expected, the “Red Brigade” did not miss the opportunity to win all 3 points, putting great pressure on the direct competitor in the championship race, Man City.

The statistics clearly reflect Liverpool’s superiority over Newcastle. The away team controlled the ball 66% in the first half and 72% in the second, making a total of 24 shots throughout the game (10 of which were on target) compared to 4 shots (2 on target). ) on the side of “Picture”.

After the finishing phase of Diogo Jota or Van Dijk at the beginning of the game, Liverpool got the opener in the 19th minute but came from a somewhat controversial ball. Naby Keita created a perfect one-two with Diogo Jota then subtly left the ball to open the scoring for “The Kop”. However, before that, the Newcastle players thought that Fabian Schar was fouled by James Milner in the opening dispute for a quick attack, but the referee ignored it.

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The joy of Liverpool.

After the controversial goal, Liverpool took the initiative, completely dominated and created more opportunities, but unfortunately, Klopp’s strikers did not take advantage of the success to widen the gap. However, the minimum victory of 1-0 is more than enough for the Red Brigade to triumph.

With an important victory, Liverpool temporarily climbed to the top of the table with 82 points after 34 matches, temporarily ranked above Man City with 2 points more but kicked more than 1 match. With the current situation, the two-horse race between Liverpool and Man City promises to be extremely tense and exciting for the rest of the season.

Final score: Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

Scored: Liverpool: Naby Keita (19′)

Starting lineup:

Newcastle: Dubravka, Schar, Burn, Krafth, Targett, Shelvey, Willock, Bruno Guimaraes, Saint-Maximin, Almiron, Joelinton

Liverpool: Alisson, Gomez, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Milner, Keita, Jota, Diaz, Mane

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