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Liverpool’s Egyptian king helped Arne Slot’s men do more sunlight hours between them and Manchester City as their stellar defenders saved Aston Villa at bay
Mohamed Salah scored his Tenth goal of the season as he and Darwin Nunez earned Liverpool a moving-fought 2-0 catch over Aston Villa on Saturday.
The Reds took the lead in entrance of a raucous home crowd when Nunez fired past Emiliano Martinez in a hasty counter-attack from a Villa corner in the Twentieth minute. The Uruguayan international should get made it 2-0 from a almost same breakaway, however the forward would possibly maybe well perchance maybe entirely fireplace over the bar.
Nevertheless, Unai Emery’s facet had been no longer there to construct up the numbers, as Amadou Onana and Diego Carlos introduced out two comely reaction stops from Caoimhin Kelleher previous to the damage.
Morgan Rogers wasted a gilt-edged probability to level the sport seconds after the interval however didn’t search out the goal. The sport’s tempo dropped in the 2d half of as each teams tried to invent some regulate in an otherwise frantic contest.
Correct when the Villans threatened to pull level, Liverpool’s arch-poacher Salah raced clear to tuck home six minutes from time to seal all three points. They at the moment are five clear of City after their shock loss to Brighton.
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