LONDON: Liverpool lastly turned on the type to thrash Arsenal 3-0 and transfer into fifth place in the Premier League on Saturday with Diogo Jota netting twice after approaching instead. While their title is heading to Manchester City, the outgoing champions produced the form of show that noticed them romp to glory final season, albeit in opposition to a timid Arsenal. The solely shock was that it took Juergen Klopp’s aspect till after halftime to make their superiority depend.
Jota headed Liverpool in entrance from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross in the sixty fourth minute, three minutes after approaching. Mohamed Salah doubled Liverpool’s lead 4 minutes later earlier than Jota scored from shut vary in the 81st minute.
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Victory moved Liverpool above Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United and left them solely two factors behind fourth-placed Chelsea who had been thrashed at house by West Bromwich Albion earlier, throwing the top-four battle huge open.
Liverpool have 49 factors from 30 video games with Arsenal down in ninth place with 42 factors after a twelfth defeat of the season.
“If we are to think about a higher spot then we have to do our jobs and win every single game,” Jota mentioned.
“If we do our job we have a chance (to finish in top four).”
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Liverpool have misplaced an unthinkable eight league video games for the reason that flip of the 12 months however the best way they dominated Arsenal for 90 minutes suggests they’re rediscovering their mojo.
Arsenal simply couldn’t stay with Liverpool’s depth and will make no headway as they fell to their heaviest margin of defeat in a house league sport in opposition to Liverpool.
One sweeping transfer early on noticed Sadio Mane’s header saved by Bernd Leno whereas Roberto Firmino drilled one other effort simply huge after Arsenal had been harried into conceding possession.
James Milner wasted one other likelihood for Liverpool earlier than halftime and the sample continued after the break.
Alexander-Arnold was surprisingly ignored of England’s squad for the latest World Cup qualifiers, however the suitable back confirmed his class with an ideal cross which allowed Jota to steal in and head past Leno.
It was Jota’s fourth headed objective in his final three video games, together with three for Portugal.
Four minutes later Fabinho’s lengthy cross was not handled correctly by Gabriel and Salah wriggled by way of to fireplace a shot by way of Leno’s legs and transfer back as chief in the race for the Golden Boot prize with 18 targets.
Alexander-Arnold was concerned in Liverpool’s third, profitable the ball back in a harmful space earlier than Salah’s cross throughout the realm was fired house by Jota.
It might have been worse for Arsenal with Liverpool failing to take a number of good probabilities however the guests will head into Tuesday’s Champions League conflict with Real Madrid in good coronary heart.
“We don’t look at Chelsea or West Ham or whatever because we have to win our games,” Klopp mentioned. “But tonight the package was extremely good and that’s what you need.”
Man City back in the groove with win at Leicester
LEICESTER: Manchester City prolonged their lead on the prime of the Premier League to 17 factors as Benjamin Mendy and Gabriel Jesus fired them to a 2-0 win at third-placed Leicester City on Saturday.
City now want, at most, 11 factors from their remaining seven matches to safe their third Premier League title in 4 seasons.
The results of the worldwide break had been barely noticeable on Pep Guardiola’s aspect, who dominated from the outset, having a Fernandinho strike dominated out for offside earlier than Kevin De Bruyne crashed a free kick in opposition to the bar.
Leicester had been restricted to the counter-attack however went near an opener on the stroke of halftime when Jamie Vardy rounded Ederson and slotted the ball house however he was narrowly offside.
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City had been lastly rewarded for his or her management of the sport in the 58th minute when, after keeper Kasper Schmeichel had parried out a Riyad Mahrez shot, Leicester didn’t clear a Rodri cross and Mendy minimize inside Marc Albrighton and side-footed into the far nook.
De Bruyne was at his absolute best and it was the Belgian who created the second with an excellent defence-splitting cross to Jesus, who fed Raheem Sterling, the England man taking his time earlier than returning the cross to the Brazilian who poked house.
“It was really good today, especially in the first half when we dominated,” mentioned De Bruyne.
“There was one team playing. In the second half they did a bit better, but I think we deserved more goals. Half the team started training on Friday.”
City, who’ve now gained 15 immediately video games in all competitions, have 74 factors from 31 video games with Manchester United behind them on 57 from 29 matches and Leicester on 56 from 30.
In the battle for Champions League qualification, Leicester are seven factors forward of fifth-placed West Ham United.
“We didn’t show the quality we have got but that comes with a bit of tiredness sometimes,” mentioned Leicester supervisor Brendan Rodgers.
“Our organisation was good but we didn’t get through the pitch well at times. If you concede against a team with that much quality they can just hide the ball from you,” he added.
Guardiola’s aspect play the primary leg of their Champions League quarter-final in opposition to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday.
