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Liverpool 2–1 Sheffield United
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Alisson returned to the field against Sheffield United, but Liverpool will still have to do without Virgil van Dijk for a long time.
After the Dutchman was injured for a long time against Everton, it is Fabinho who has taken over to replace him.
After a brilliant performance against Ajax in the middle of the week, the Brazilian came into focus when Sheffield United visited Anfield. Sander Berge did the same, giving guests a head start. But when the Liverpool stars woke up, there wasn’t much Sheffield United could do.
– It’s disappointing. I feel like we are delivering our best performance this season, but we are losing a goal. It seemed like we were so close, but we were still so far away, says Sander Berge after the game.
Thus, Liverpool took three important points on the same day that Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea gave points.
– I am happy with the start of the season, as long as we ignore the Aston Villa game. I feel like we learned quickly from that match. Now we just have to follow this track, says Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson after the game.
Sander Berge gave Sheffield United an advantage
Liverpool opened better and already after five minutes had created two relatively big chances. But it was the guests who had to put aside the jubilation first.
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At eleven minutes, Oliver McBurnie went to the ground after being tackled by Fabinho. Head referee Mike Dean took a free kick, but Andre Marriner in the VAR room also wanted a voice for the team. In fact, he had seen the tackle take place on the 16-meter line and therefore a penalty kick was awarded.
– Fabinho takes the ball, but it is also at McBurnie’s foot. It is not clear, but he is standing. I buy that a free throw flies. The line is part of the 16-meter field, and as we see in the images, the event takes place on the line. There are small margins here, where both incidents go against Liverpool, TV 2 soccer expert Simen Stamsø-Møller said during the break.
After John Lundstram missed a penalty kick against Aston Villa, Chris Wilder made changes. Against Fulham, Billy Sharp scored but was benched in the game against Liverpool.
SAFE: Sander Berge was safe from the penalty spot.
Thus, much to the surprise of many, it was Sander Berge who put the ball on the penalty spot and looked Allison in the eye.
– They gave us a penalty, which was not even a foul, says Jürgen Klopp after the game.
The 22-year-old sent the Brazilian down the wrong path, giving Sheffield United an advantage in the match.
– The penalty against us is a tackle where Fabinho wins the ball, that’s my opinion. But we managed to bring the victory to the ground, so maybe I shouldn’t care so much, continues the Liverpool manager.
Liverpool responded just before the break
Sheffield United continued to create dangers in front of Liverpool’s goal, but five minutes before half-time the Red T-shirts responded.
Jordan Henderson shoved the ball into the box, where Sadio Mané came up and stabbed the ball into goal. Aaron Ramsdale tried a shot, but from an awkward position, sending the ball to the visiting fans.
– This is great from Liverpool, they are in the queue there. It was a disappointing round, but the goal came after a very good attack, said Erik Thorstvedt, a soccer expert from TV 2, during the break.
The turning operation is a fact
After 61 minutes, Mohamed Salah thought he was cheating on Sheffield United’s offside line.
Once again, Andre Marriner in the VAR room wanted to have a voice on the team. The replay showed that Salah was offside and therefore the score was correctly canceled.
A minute later Liverpool were on the move again. This time the target was going to be approved.
Diogo Jota shot high when Sadio Mané entered, allowing the Portuguese to score the goal from the lead. Therefore, the restructuring operation was a fact.
– We love to play soccer. If we look back a few months, we sat in our houses and weren’t allowed to go out. It’s physically demanding like we’re doing now, but that’s what we want, Henderson says after the game.
