Mane Reaches Milestone As Liverpool Move Top
19 September, 2021
Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace
Liverpool moved to the top of the Premier League table with a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon.
Ibrahima Konate was given his Reds debut in place of Joel Matip while James Milner came in for the absent Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The Reds got the breakthrough two minutes before the break as Mane brought up his 100th goal for the club with a close-range finish.
Mohamed Salah added the second goal for the Reds in the 78th minute after pouncing on a loose ball in the back to rifle home, before Naby Keita wrapped up the win in the 89th minute.
Manchester City 0-0 Southampton
Manchester City endured a tough afternoon on home soil after being held to a goalless draw by Southampton.
The point sees the Citizens sit in second spot
Burnley 0-1 Arsenal
Arsenal made it back-to-back league wins after defeating Burnley 1-0 at Turf Moor.
Aaron Ramsdale continued in goal for the Gunners, who were still without Granit Xhaka and Rob Holding.
The hosts did get the opening goal in the 30th minute, with Martin Odegaard bagging his first goal of the campaign.
Burnley thought they had got a penalty on 68 minutes, but the referee changed his mind after checking the Video Assistant Referee monitor.
Norwich City 1-3 Watford
Watford recovered from back-to-back losses to claim a 3-1 victory at Norwich City on Saturday afternoon.
Nigerian striker Emmanuel Dennis opened the scoring for the visitors and Ismaila Sarr bagged a brace to cancel out Teemu Pukki's solitary strike for the hosts.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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