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Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson speaks to the referees after his Premier League match against Everton.
Premier League leaders Everton maintained their 10-man undefeated start to the season after sealing a 2-2 draw with Liverpool, who had Jordan Henderson’s goal ruled out at the last minute.
Liverpool captain Henderson thought he had scored a winning goal in injury time, but his goal that went over Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was controversially ruled out for a marginal offside by the assistant referee. video (VAR).
The VAR ruled that Sadio Mane was offside on a call that could not be seen live.
“We don’t understand why he’s offside,” said frustrated Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
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“The image I saw once on the laptop, there is no offside. Everyone tells me it wasn’t offside and that doesn’t lift my spirits. Obviously it’s not our day.”
Mane, who made his return to the Liverpool line-up after recovering from the coronavirus, scored the first goal in the third minute before Everton defender Michael Keane’s header in the 19 minute sent the city’s rivals clashing in halftime.
Mohamed Salah restored the visitors’ lead in the 72nd minute when he scored his 100th goal for Liverpool with an instant volley, but Dominic Calvert-Lewin continued his scoring streak to save a point nine minutes from the final whistle.
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Referee Michael Oliver shows Everton’s Richarlison, hidden left, a red card during their English Premier League match against Liverpool.
Everton finished the match with 10 men after Richarlison was sent off in the 89th minute for a tough challenge to Liverpool’s Spanish midfielder Thiago.
Calvert-Lewin’s 10th goal of the campaign, and VAR’s tight decision against Henderson, keep Everton still leading the table with 13 points and Liverpool moved up to second with 10.
Everton were lucky not to have a red card earlier after Pickford collided with Virgil van Dijk as he entered the penalty area, knocking out the Dutch defender for the remainder of the match.
In other matches, Chelsea and Southampton shared a 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge as the Blues’ new Germans, Timo Werner and Kai Havertz, scored their first Premier League goals.
Werner scored two goals before the half hour with Danny Ings running around Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to make it 2-1 at halftime.
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Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates his team’s second goal against Everton.
Kepa Arrizabalaga was unable to clean up Kurt Zouma’s poor back pass in the second half when Che Adams tied for the visitors in the 57th minute, but Havertz amended it two minutes later with a well-crafted finish.
Jannik Vestergaard then attacked with a header in injury time to steal a point for the Saints.
Manchester City managed a close 1-0 win over Arsenal, thanks to a goal from Raheem Sterling in the first half.
Sterling rebounded into an empty net in the 23rd minute after City midfielder Phil Foden was hit by a shot that was parried by Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
It was City’s second victory in four Premier League games, having started a week after most other teams due to their involvement in the latter stages of the Champions League last season.
Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes corrected a penalty mistake by scoring a brilliant lead goal in their 4-1 win at Newcastle.
After a rare flash from the spot in the 58th minute when the score was 1-1, the Portugal midfielder took the field in support of Marcus Rashford and was played by the forward before taking a bunt and launching a corner kick. higher. in 86.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Rashford scored goals even later at St. James’ Park to seal United’s comeback after the visitors were left behind by Luke Shaw’s ill-fated own goal in two minutes.
