Liverpool, second, crushed Leeds on Wednesday (15th) 6-0, in a game that had been postponed in December on the 19th day of the Premier League, and came just three points behind the leader Manchester City in the classification table.
A brace from the Egyptian attacker Mohamed Salah (15 and 35, both penalties) and another goal from the German defender of Cameroonian origin Joel Matip (30) liquidated a Leeds in low hours in the first half, which is fighting for permanence in the gold category. In the second half, the Senegalese striker Sadio Mané (80, 90) put his finger on the rival’s sore spot by scoring the fourth and fifth goals, before the Dutchman Virgil Van Dijk (90+3) uploaded the sixth electronically.
The Colombian Luis Díaz did not score but had another great presentation, with plays and dribbles and shots that dazzled the fans, the press and DT Jurgen Klopp.
More praise for Diaz
At the end of the game, DT Klopp was asked about Luis Diaz’s performance and said: “I don’t tell him much because he already knows how to be in the team. He is used to playing like that in his own way.”
Then, he specified “The natural form of the player is very similar to ours. We only talked to him about how he has to defend because his offensive movements are very natural… We wanted the player because we saw that he could fit in very well in Liverpool. He is talented and with an incredible work rate, he’s really into it.”
With this resounding victory, the ‘Reds’ put pressure on the players of Manchester City’s Spanish coach, Pepe Guardiola, with twelve games remaining in the competition, with a direct duel in between at the Etihad at the beginning of April . Salah opened the penalty marker. The second goal arose from a collective action that left Matip unmarked to be able to pierce the visiting net with ease.
The third was also a penalty and converted by Salah, who is displaying his best game of the season since returning from the African Cup, a title he let slip last February 7 in the final when he fell to Senegal.
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