League Cup: Man City, Liverpool ease through; Everton out
Football | September 22, 2021 9:37 ISTPep Guardiola's team last tasted defeat in the League Cup in October 2016, and hasn't trailed since the first leg of the semifinals in January 2018.
Pep Guardiola's team last tasted defeat in the League Cup in October 2016, and hasn't trailed since the first leg of the semifinals in January 2018.
The Senegal forward got to the milestone at Anfield by converting from close range in the 43rd minute after Mohamed Salah's header from a corner was parried out by Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita.
Jordan Henderson capped Liverpool's second-half comeback with a brilliantly controlled finish to clinch a 3-2 win over AC Milan.
Salah converted a cross by Trent Alexander-Arnold in the 20th minute at Elland Road to become the 30th player to reach the milestone, with only four getting there quicker than the Egypt winger's 162 appearances.
The hosts were unable to breakdown a reconfigured Chelsea defense that held off the home threat through a disciplined defensive display.
Egypt is on Britain’s red list, so Salah would be required to quarantine upon his return from Cairo and miss two Premier League games.
Chelsea's 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa didn't prove critical because Leicester conceded three late goals to lose 4-2 at home to Tottenham and stay in fifth place.
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Liverpool will head into Sunday’s final round back in the top four, if only on goal difference, as last season’s runaway champions look to clinch qualification for the Champions League.
Alisson came up for a corner in the Premier League game and glanced home a header from Trent Alexander-Arnold's cross before getting mobbed by teammates.
With three games remaining, Liverpool is four points behind fourth-place Chelsea with a game in hand.
Klopp's side stumbled over the line for only a second league win at home in 2021 thanks to Sadio Mane's first-half header and Thiago Alcantara's first goal for the club in the 90th minute.
Manchester United will now be playing three games between May 9-13 in the Premier League.
Liverpool has long since given up its title after a dramatic implosion in the second half of the season.
The losses for the financial year ending May 2020 equated to a negative swing of 88 million pounds ($122 million) from Liverpool’s position a year ago.
Joe Willock's shot deflected into the corner off the stretched leg of Fabinho in a dramatic finish at Anfield.
The protests on Anfield Road were muted compared to those by several hundred Arsenal fans outside Emirates Stadium on Friday ahead of its game against Everton.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham throughout Tuesday evening withdrew their participation from the breakaway league.
Liverpool conceded an 87th-minute equaliser to draw at Leeds 1-1, denying Jurgen Klopp's team a spot in the top four of the league.
A 0-0 draw at Anfield in the quarterfinals on Wednesday protected a 3-1 advantage from the first leg for Madrid.
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