– Pure magic – Dagsavisen

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Liverpool thus maintain their gap of five points to Manchester City in 2nd place in the table.

Liverpool got off to a dream start to the game when Diogo Jota pulled away from two men and knocked the hosts into the lead after 23 minutes.

– What a score. He does absolutely everything himself. He is in great shape, commented Andreas Toft on Viaplay.

With five minutes left in the half, 20-year-old Conor Bradley scored his first goal for Liverpool.

– Bradley’s 38 minutes have been pure magic, and here he crowns a brilliant innings by timing a perfectly correct run in exactly the right room. It’s a brilliant score, commented Lars Tjernås.

And Liverpool had the opportunity to really put the nail in the coffin when Benoît Badiashile tackled Jota inside the penalty area. Unfortunately for the home crowd, Darwin Núñez hit the penalty post.

At the break, Mauricio Pochettino took out captain Ben Chilwell, Noni Madueke and Conor Gallagher. Inn came Malo Gusto, Mykhailo Mudryk and Christopher Nkunku.

But instead of getting any immediate effect from the changes, it was rather Dominik Szoboszlai who sent Liverpool up 3-0 with a lovely header. The super-talented Bradley provided the assist in the form of a cross.

– It is not possible to hit a cross pass much better. Right now I think he could have asked the ball to talk, because tonight he can do absolutely everything, boasted Tjernås.

However, Nkunku scored a consolation goal on the eve of the game, but it was of little help as Luis Díaz made it 4-1 with eleven minutes left on the clock.

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