Published on : 03/10/2021 – 23:41
At a time when a Real Madrid-Barcelona, Spanish “clasico”, now world, loses its splendor with the departure from Spain of Lionel Messi, after Cristiano Ronaldo, Liverpool-City tends to become THE match not to be missed. Sunday 03 October, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané and Riyad Mahrez, the last three African Golden Balls were invited to the most beautiful football stage of the weekend. Not everyone answered …
Mané unlocks the shock
After a first period far from the standards of Liverpool who had shot only once on goal, against 7 times for City, this English classic really started on the hour mark. This was the moment chosen by Senegalese Sadio Mané to open the scoring (59th) and score his third league goal of the season. Conveniently launched by Mohamed Salah, the 2020 African Ballon d’Or cheated Ederson with coolness to open the scoring with a cross shot. This is the Senegalese international’s seventh goal against Manchester City with Liverpool. The force of habit
59´ GOAAAAAAAAAAAL SOUND MANÉ !
Oh yes finally, the Reds are back, Mohamed Salah plays perfectly Cancelo, the latter finds Sadio Mané who does not miss his face to face. [1-0] #LFC #LIVMCI pic.twitter.com/Km7TF9NEpS
– Liverpool ???????? (@RedsFrance) October 3, 2021
Salah enchants the shock
The man of the match is undoubtedly him. A gala Mohamed Salah, with an assist for Mané and a solo goal (76th) and constant activity. The Egyptian, best player of the Reds since the start of the season, remains the momentum of recent seasons. There are few matches where the double African Ballon d’Or (2018, 2019) has not been decisive with Liverpool since his arrival in 2016. Today, the 29-year-old striker is in the midst of negotiations for an extension of his contract which would make him one of the highest paid players in the Premier League. A fair return of things.
Mahrez misses the shock
The meetings between Liverpool and Manchester City have never been happy dates for Riyad Mahrez. The 2017 African Ballon d’Or remained on the substitute bench on Sunday and could not play a single minute in this shock. Since his arrival in Manchester, Riyad Mahrez has only been established twice in all competitions against Liverpool. On his first start in October 2018, he could even have offered the victory to City, but missed a penalty in the 86th minute. On Sunday, he made up his mind again to let Salah and Mané shine on the pitch.
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