The Reds dominated the match with goals from Uruguayan Darwin Núñez in the 20th minute and Egyptian Mohamed Salah (84) to reach nine wins, with one draw and one loss, and accumulate 28 points, five more than Manchester City, defeated 1- 2 for Brighton.
At the Amex Stadium, the Citizens opened the scoring with Norwegian Erling Haaland’s 12th goal (m. 23) in the championship.
With 12 minutes left, the Citizens seemed headed for victory, but Brighton turned the score around with goals from Portuguese Joao Pedro (78th minute) and Matt O’Riley (83rd).
Spanish coach Josep “Pep” Guardiola lost for the first time in four games since arriving at Manchester City in 2016.
In the rest of the day’s matches, Wolverhampton’s (18th of the tournament) 2-0 victory against Southampton stood out, the first for the “Wolves” this season.
Gary O’Neil’s squad now has six points, one less than Crystal Palace (17), the first team in the safety zone, beaten 0-2 this Saturday in their stadium by Fulham (ninth) and West Ham tied without perforations against Everton (16) to be placed in 14th place.
Results of day 11:
Saturday:
-Crystal Palace — Fulham 0-2.
-Brentford — Bornemouth 3-2.
-West Ham United — Everton 0-0.
-Wolverhampton — Southampton 2-0.
-Brighton & Hove Albion — Manchester City 2-1. –Liverpool — Aston Villa 2-0.
Domingo:
-Manchester United — Leicester City.
-Nottingham Forest — Newcastle United.
-Tottenham Hotspur — Ipswich.
-Chelsea — Arsenal.
Position table:
Team PJ PG PE PP GF GC Pts.
1-Liverpool 11 9 1 1 21 6 28.
2-Manchester City 11 7 2 2 22 13 23.
3-Nottingham Forest 10 5 4 1 14 7 19.
4-Brighton & Hove Albion 11 5 4 2 19 15 19.
5-Chelsea 10 5 3 2 20 12 18.
6-Arsenal 10 5 3 2 17 11 18.
7-Fulham 11 5 3 3 16 13 18.
8-Aston Villa 11 5 3 3 17 17 18.
9-Tottenham Hotspur 10 5 1 4 22 11 16.
10-Brentford 11 5 1 5 22 22 16.
11-Bornemouth 11 4 3 4 15 15 15.
12-Newcastle United 10 4 3 3 10 10 15.
13-Manchester United 10 3 3 4 9 12 12.
14-West Ham United 11 3 3 5 13 19 12.
15-Leicester City 10 2 4 4 14 18 10.
16-Everton 11 2 4 5 10 17 10.
17-Crystal Palace 11 1 4 6 8 15 7.
18-Wolverhampton 11 1 3 7 16 27 6.
19-Ipswich 10 0 5 5 10 21 5.
20-Southampton 11 1 1 9 7 21 4.
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