After labouring all through the game with no goals to show for their effort, Jorginho fired the Blues ahead from the penalty...
After labouring all through the game with no goals to show for their effort, Jorginho fired the Blues ahead from the penalty spot in the 87th minute.
The goals against Palace were scored by Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the 11th minute and Anthony Gordon in the 63rd minute before victory was sealed by Dwight McNeil in the 84th minute. Kevin de Bruyne completed the rout for Pep Guardiola’s side who have now cut Arsenal’s lead at the top of the table to just one point, albeit with a game more than the Gunners.The biggest talking point from Saturday was Taiwo Awoniyi’s record-setting performance against Liverpool.
Saturday’s Premier League clash availed Awoniyi an opportunity to get back at Liverpool who despite signing the Nigerian striker for six years never gave him one minute of action in their colours. It was poor defending and it was almost 2-0 minutes later, but James Milner made a superb block to deny Morgan Gibbs-White.
The bad situation for the Reds could have gotten worse but the goalkeeper, Alisson, made a string of saves as he was arguably Liverpool’s best player in a defeat to the bottom-of-the-table club.