At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 17, the 17th round of the 2021/22 Premier League season was a focus battle, at Anfield Stadium, the second-placed Liverpool played at home against the second-to-last Newcastle United. Shelvey quickly opened the scoring for Newcastle, Jota and Salah scored two goals in a row to reverse the score, Arnold scored in the second half, and finally Liverpool defeated Newcastle United 3-1 at home, winning eight consecutive wins in all competitions and six consecutive Premier League wins, still chasing manchester City with a one-point disadvantage in the table.
Before the match, Liverpool officially announced that Van Dijk, Fabinho and Curtis Jones tested positive for the new crown virus and would miss the game.
In the 6th minute, Salah cut inside from the right and sent a cross, and Jota's forward turn and volley was saved by goalkeeper Dubravka. In the 7th minute, Newcastle scored first, Flaser's under-the-line cross from the left was released, Servi took the ball from the top of the arc of the penalty area and took a step back to hit the top left corner of the goal, Newcastle took a 1-0 lead!
In the 9th minute, Salah went straight from the right and Mane started a shot from the right side of the penalty area to hit the post, and he also offsided. In the 15th minute, Newcastle left-back Luiz was unable to hold on to a suspected thigh strain and was replaced by Ritchie.
In the 19th minute, the Liverpool midfielder broke the ball and counter-attacked, Jota drove straight into the left side of the penalty area and hit the side-netting.
In the 21st minute, Mane's diagonal cross from the right side of the penalty area was blocked by the goalkeeper with a jumping header in front of the goal, and he immediately made up for it. Since there were defenders in the box at that time, the referee thought about it through video replay and finally decided that the goal was valid, and Liverpool equalized 1-1! Liverpool scored in 32 consecutive regular matches, setting a new team record.
In the 23rd minute, Thiago's foot was cut off at the back, St. Maximan broke the ball and rushed to the front of the box to shoot the goal, which was saved by Alisson, and then the ball was released by the defender who was chasing back.
Good thing doubled, in the 25th minute, Shelvy's return pass error was snatched by Mane, he burst into the box and was interfered with by the opponent, and his bare shot was blocked by the goalkeeper with his legs, Salah followed up with a follow-up shot on the left side, and Liverpool won the score 2-1!
Salah scored in 15 consecutive rounds, equaling the Premier League record held by Vardy, while surpassing star Dabrin with 112 Premier League goals to occupy the 22nd place in the premier league's all-time top scorer list.
In the 35th minute, Chamberlain, who was celebrating his 400th career milestone, sent a picky cross from midfield, and Salah scored from the right and slid into the box. In the 45th minute, Thiago's cross from the right was met by Matip after nodding the ball and the ball was picked up by the goalkeeper.
In the 56th minute, Alexander-Arnold fired a free-kick into the box, Mane's low-angle header from the left was met and goalkeeper Dubravka flew in to press the ball under him. A minute later, Murphy's left-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area deflected off the left upright.
In the 71st minute, Newcastle had an excellent free-kick opportunity at the edge of the penalty area, and Servi's ball was deflected off the left upright. In the 81st minute, Firmino's cross from the right side of the penalty area was blocked into the back row and Jota's shot was blocked by a defender. In the 85th minute, Not far from Newcastle's clearance, Keita tried a kick at the edge of the penalty area and Dubravka flew to pick the ball off.
In the 87th minute, Firmino's return pass from the left, Arnold adjusted a step in the penalty area and fired a powerful shot into the top left corner of the goal, Dubravka flew to save the whip, the ball was in the net, 3-1, Liverpool locked up the victory!
Line-ups for both sides: