Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City: Salah strikes to hand Guardiola’s men first Premier League loss

The
Egyptian
raced
onto
a
long
pass
from
Alisson
with
14
minutes
remaining
before
slotting
past
Ederson
to
give
the
Reds
just
their
third
league
win
of
the
season.

EPL

Fixture

City
were
frustrated
to
see
Phil
Foden’s
second
half
goal
ruled
out
following
a
VAR
check
for
a
foul
by
Erling
Haaland
in
the
build-up.

Premier
League:
Gunners
stay
on
top;
Manchester
United
held,
Mount
double
powers
Blues

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The
result
leaves
Pep
Guardiola’s
men
four
points
behind
league
leaders
Arsenal,
while
Liverpool
move
up
to
eighth
after
a
much-improved
showing.

100
–
Mo
Salah
has
become
only
the
second
player
in

@premierleague
history
to
score
100+
left-footed
goals,
after
Robbie
Fowler
(105).
Wand.

pic.twitter.com/giCYYW1UoM

—
OptaJoe
(@OptaJoe)

October
16,
2022

A
high-octane
start
to
the
game
did
not
lead
to
many
early
chances,
with
Ilkay
Gundogan
forcing
the
first
save
from
either
goalkeeper
in
the
15th
minute,
but
his
hopeful
strike
from
25
yards
was
easy
for
Alisson
to
deal
with.

Liverpool’s
first
opportunity
came
through
Diogo
Jota,
who
could
only
place
his
header
from
a
cross
by
Harvey
Elliott
straight
at
Ederson,
before
Andrew
Robertson
received
the
ball
on
the
left
of
the
penalty
area
after
the
City
stopper
had
palmed
away
a
James
Milner
cross,
but
the
Scot
fired
his
effort
over
the
crossbar.

Bernardo
Silva
sliced
a
shot
into
the
Kop
from
the
edge
of
the
box
on
the
half-hour
mark,
while
Haaland
tested
Alisson
on
two
occasions,
also
seeing
a
header
loop
over
the
bar.

The
hosts
should
have
been
ahead
shortly
after
the
restart
when
Salah
was
played
through
on
goal
by
Elliott,
but
Ederson
got
the
slightest
touch
to
it
to
tip
the
Egyptian’s
finish
just
wide
of
the
right-hand
post.

City
thought
they
were
ahead
moments
later
when
Haaland
burst
through,
forcing
a
save
from
Alisson
before
Foden
put
the
ball
in
the
net
on
the
rebound,
but
referee
Anthony
Taylor
ruled
it
out
after
the
VAR
asked
him
to
check
the
monitor,
with
Haaland
having
fouled
Fabinho
in
the
build-up.

It
was
Liverpool
who
took
the
lead
on
76
minutes
when
Alisson
caught
a
Kevin
De
Bruyne
free-kick
before
launching
it
downfield
to
Salah,
who
outfoxed
Joao
Cancelo
before
finishing
calmly
past
Ederson.

Reds
boss
Jurgen
Klopp
was
sent
to
the
stands
by
Taylor
late
on
after
reacting
furiously
to
the
referee’s
refusal
to
award
his
team
a
free-kick,
but
it
did
not
matter
as
Liverpool
held
on
for
a
win
that
could
turn
around
their
slow
start
to
the
campaign.