Liverpool Spoils Wilder’s Return By Beating Sheffield United 2-0 In Premier League – News18

SHEFFIELD, England: Liverpool spoiled Chris Wilder’s return to the Bramall Lane dugout by beating Sheffield United 2-0 due to targets by Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai to maneuver again to inside two factors of chief Arsenal within the Premier League on Wednesday.

Wilder was afforded a rapturous welcome by the house followers forward of the primary match of his second spell accountable for Sheffield United, having been employed on Tuesday because the alternative for Paul Heckingbottom.

And regardless of having barely a day to arrange for one of many hardest matches of the season, Wilder noticed his new workforce hassle Liverpool whereas additionally preserving it fairly tight on the again — 4 days after an abysmal show in a 5-0 loss at Burnley that spelled the tip for Heckingbottom.

Liverpool wanted a purpose from an unlikely supply to interrupt the hosts’ resistance, with Van Dijk discovering house within the space at a nook to steer residence a volley from a cross from the precise by Trent Alexander-Arnold within the thirty seventh minute.

Szoboszlai added the second purpose in second-half stoppage time, controlling a cross from substitute Darwin Núñez and slamming a rising shot into the web.

Liverpool restored the 2-level deficit to Arsenal that had been prolonged to 5 on Tuesday by the leaders’ 4-3 win at Luton.

Sheffield United stayed in final place on 5 factors from 15 video games, 4 factors from security.

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