Liverpool continued their spectacular run on the prime of the Premier League desk by dominating Manchester Metropolis at Anfield yesterday.
The Merseyside heavyweights have been favourites for the encounter because of Metropolis’s successful streak (6 video games). They capitalised on their momentum with a powerful win in entrance of their supporters.
Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah scored the targets for Liverpool, however the margin of victory may have been wider. Metropolis have been barely an attacking drive with simply 2 pictures on course over 90 minutes.
Virgil van Dijk was phenomenal within the central defensive division for the Reds and he was complemented impressively by Joe Gomez, who changed the injured Ibrahima Konate yesterday.
The Englishman made his 1st league begin of the season. He received 100% of his duels in opposition to Man Metropolis, as per Fotmob statistics. He additionally made 7 ball recoveries whereas finishing 88% of his passes.
Gomez shared his delight after the win with an Instagram put up with the caption: “Prime group efficiency“. Captain van Dijk responded to the social media put up with a black coronary heart emoji.
Stepped up
Gomez’s future with Liverpool was steadily questioned through the summer time switch window. The Reds mentioned about promoting him to Newcastle United in a swap deal for Anthony Gordon at one level.
A deal didn’t materialise for the membership ultimately. Gordon has since signed a brand new long-term contract with the Magpies, however Liverpool may return for him when the present marketing campaign involves a detailed.
In the meantime, Gomez has not had a lot enjoying time beneath supervisor Arne Slot. He has change into a fringe participant for the Premier League and Champions League video games because of the Konate-Van Dijk partnership.
Konate is out for the following few weeks after sustaining a knee surgical procedure. This might be a superb factor for Gomez, who has the possibility to face out along with his performances and change into an everyday starter for Slot.
Jarell Quansah can also be ready on the wings for a beginning function. Gomez must carry on performing on the similar degree as yesterday so as to cement his beginning place alongside Van Dijk within the quick time period.
