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Premier League: celebrating against Newcastle, Liverpool consolidates its leadership position

Held in check at the break, powerless to worry its entire audience, Liverpool ended up defeating Newcastle on the 20th day of the Premier League (4-2).

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Premier League: celebrating against Newcastle, Liverpool consolidates its leadership position

Held in check at the break, powerless to worry its entire audience, Liverpool ended up defeating Newcastle on the 20th day of the Premier League (4-2). Organized at the opening of the calendar year, this clash between two teams with diametrically opposed dynamics kept all its promises, enhanced by more or less expected heroes, like Martin Dubravka, long imperial in the Magpies' goals. Author of ten saves, some quite remarkable, the usual substitute kept his clean sheet for a half with the added bonus of a penalty saved in front of Mohamed Salah (22nd). But the Slovakian eventually gave in twice, each time powerless on a back pass before his eyes, with Salah (49th) then Jones (74th) at the conclusion.

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In the meantime, Alexander Isak had equalized for the visitors with their second shot on target (54th). Nothing to panic the Reds who are finally masters of their subject, simply slowed down by the success of Dubravka. And it was Mohamed Salah who, once again, was the big man of the evening at Anfield. Far from being destabilized by his missed penalty - which will perhaps encourage him to review his striking technique, now known to all elite goalkeepers, the Egyptian sounded the revolt by opening the score before being on the penultimate pass then on the pass on the 2nd and 3rd goals. Finally, as a farewell gift before his departure for the CAN, the Egyptian scored his 14th goal of the season, this time deceiving Dubravka on the wrong foot on a penalty (86th).

The reduction in Sven Botman's score (81st) will only have the effect of attenuating a score which could have been much higher (34 shots, 15 on target for the Reds) for a Newcastle which continues to dive since one month. Demoted to an anonymous 9th place, the Magpies remain on four defeats in five matches and seem to be suffering the repercussions of the sequence of matches, having returned to the Champions League this season. At the opposite end of the dynamic spectrum, Liverpool consolidates its leadership position with three points ahead of the surprising Aston Villa. A place clearly more in line with the ambitions of one of the two major English clubs of the last five years.

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