KLABU ya soka ya Liverpool ya Uingereza wakiwa nyumbani wameshindwa kufurukuta mbele ya Stock City baada ya kutoa sare ya bila kufungana katika mchezo wa Ligi Kuu nchini humo (EPL) uliomalizika jioni hii katika Uwanja wa Anfield.
Katika mechi hiyo, Liverpool walihitaji ushindi ili kuifikia Manchester iliyopo nafasi ya pili katika msimamo wa Ligi hiyo huku ikiwa na pointi 74 nyuma ya mabingwa wapya, Man City wenye pointi 90.
Mchezaji kinara wa Liverpool ambaye amekuwa akisifika kutupia mabao takribani kila mechi amekosa nafasi za wazi kufunga mabao.
Liverpool wanatabiliwa kutinga fainali ya Kombe la Mabingwa Barani Ulaya huku wakisubilia mechi ya maudiano ya robo fainali baada ya kuinyuka AS Roma bao 5-2 mwanzoni mwa wiki hii huku Salah akitupia mbili na kutoa assists mbili.
Wakali hao wanabakia nafasi ya pili katika msimamo wa EPL wakiwa na pointi 72 nyuma ya Man U wenye pointi 74.
Kesho Jumapili mchezo mkali unatarajiwa kupigwa kati ya Man U na Arsenal katika Uwanja wa old Trafford.
Liverpool (4-3-3): Karius 6; Gomez 6.5 (Clyne 65 6), van Dijk 7, Klavan 6, Moreno 6; Alexander-Arnold 7 (Milner 65 6.5), Henderson (c) 6.5, Wijnaldum 7; Salah 6.5, Firmino 6
Substitutes not used: Mignolet (Gk), Lovren, Robertson, Solanke, Woodburn
Manager: Jurgen Klopp
Booked: Van Dijk
Stoke City (4-4-2): Butland 5.5; Zouma 6.5, Shawcross (c) 6.5, Martins Indi 6 (Sobhi 52 5), Pieters 7.5; Shaqiri 6.5, Allen 6.5, Ndiaye 6, Bauer 7; Crouch 6 (Fletcher 65 6), Diouf 5.5
Substitutes not used: Haugaard (Gk), Ireland, Adam, Cameron, Campbell
Manager: Paul Lambert
Booked: Crouch, Diouf
Referee: Andre Marriner 6.5.
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester City | 34 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 90 |
2 | Manchester United | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 74 |
3 | Liverpool | 36 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 43 | 72 |
4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 68 |
5 | Chelsea | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 63 |
6 | Arsenal | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 57 |
7 | Burnley | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 54 |
8 | Everton | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 48 |
9 | Leicester City | 35 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 44 |
10 | Newcastle United | 35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 41 |
11 | Crystal Palace | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | -16 | 38 |
12 | Bournemouth | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | -18 | 38 |
13 | Watford | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 38 |
14 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 35 | 8 | 13 | 14 | -15 | 37 |
15 | West Ham United | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -21 | 35 |
16 | Huddersfield Town | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | -28 | 35 |
17 | Swansea City | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -24 | 33 |
18 | Southampton | 35 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -19 | 32 |
19 | Stoke City | 36 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -33 | 30 |
20 | West Bromwich Albion | 36 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -24 | 28 |
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