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The Merseyside club thus took back the top of the table from Arsenal, who are two points behind. Manchester City are one more point behind in the golden race.

After both teams’ goalkeepers had been in focus for the first two goals, it was world champion Alexis Mac Allister who fixed Liverpool’s victory with a projectile of a shot. In the final minutes, Cody Gakpo decided the result.

It was Sheffield United who came out the best from the start. After just two minutes, James McAtee could only wide the ball into the goal, but instead he put the ball straight at Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.

On the following corner, the visitors were again close when Auston Trusty headed the cross towards the back post, but there was no one who managed to get a head on the ball.

Huge mistake

But with Sheffield squandering chances, Darwin Núñez was on the offensive and lucky on a mistake from Sheffield goalkeeper Ivo Grbic. The Croatian should have taken a long kick-out, but instead knocked the ball into the Liverpool striker. The ball then bounced into the net behind the last goal.

– What a huge mistake by Grbic. That’s exactly how you can’t keep going when you’re trying not to get relegated, exclaimed Viaplay commentator Andreas Toft.

– It is the world‘s worst goalkeeper game. That’s how you get a heart attack just by sitting and looking at it, insisted colleague Lars Tjernås.

Liverpool held the lead for just under an hour, but completely against the run of play, Gustavo Hamer headed in the equalizer between the legs of Kelleher. The ball went via Conor Bradley and was registered as an own goal.

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– Summary

After the goal, Jürgen Klopp made a number of changes such as taking out players such as Mohamed Salah, Ryan Gravenberch, Joe Gómez and Dominik Szoboszlai. In came Harvey Elliott, Andrew Robertson, Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo.

It was still none of the substitutes who made themselves count, but rather Mac Allister who glued the 2-1 score into the crossbar after 77 minutes.

– That is conclusive, Tjernås exclaimed.

Six minutes before full time, Mac Allister came close to equalizing the score from a free kick, but this time the ball hit the crossbar and went out. At full time, however, Gakpo sealed a 3-1 victory when he headed in a cross from Robertson.

On Sunday, the stage is set for a real big showdown when Liverpool will visit arch-rival Manchester United’s Old Trafford. Liverpool have not won away against the Manchester club since October 2021. Then it was a 5-0 victory.

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