Liverpool breathes a sigh of relief and settles the Merseyside derby
Goals: Liverpool – Everton – Played on February 13, 2023
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Liverpool stopped its series of disappointing results in the English Premier League, when it defeated its guest and neighbor Everton (2-0) on Monday evening, at the end of the 23rd round of the competition.
The two goals for Liverpool were scored by Mohamed Salah in the 36th minute and Cody Jacobo in the 49th minute.
With this win, Liverpool’s balance rose to 32 points in ninth place, while Everton’s balance froze at 18 points in eighteenth place.
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Matip made a mistake early in the sixth minute, when he lost the ball, to be received by Sims, whose shot rebounded from Gomez, and the referee awarded a free kick in favor of Liverpool in the 11th minute, which Salah executed in the human wall.
Liverpool almost opened the scoring in the 17th minute, when Nunez raised a short cross from the left, and Jakobo rose to head it next to the post.
Nunez passed between two Everton defenders, to make way for himself to shoot, but his attempt was rebounded by defender Cody in the 21st minute.
A ball created confusion inside the Liverpool penalty area, reaching Senegalese Jaya, who fired a shot over Liverpool’s goal in the 30th minute.
Ayoubi raised a cross from the left, and Tarkovsky rose to it at the far post, but his header bounced off the post in the 35th minute.
Moments later, Liverpool launched a counterattack, led by Nunez to the left, before passing in front of the goal to Salah, who elegantly put the ball into the net, deceiving goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
And in stoppage time in the first half, Nunez got a pass from Fabinho, to shoot in defense, and the ball rebounded to Gomez, whose shot went over the goal.