After the curtain opened in the Premier League this season, Chelsea and Liverpool once suppressed the defending champions Manchester City in the standings with excellent performances, but as in the past season, the Blue Moon Army reached the top with a wave of consecutive wins in the middle of the season and established a nearly double-digit lead, which also made many fans sigh, once Manchester City became the leader, it was difficult for other teams to pull them off the horse, but as Manchester City's biggest competitor in the domestic arena in recent seasons, Liverpool did not give up the fight for the league title and their desire for the league title, they also seized the opportunity of Manchester City to lose, narrowing the gap between the two teams to just 6 points in the case of one game less, and liverpool ushered in a make-up match with Leeds United in the middle of the week, and striving to take all three points at home was their only goal! After the game began, Liverpool fully showed their strength advantages, the offensive and defensive ends completely suppressed the opponent, the first half of the battle to achieve a 3-goal lead, and finally they also with the goal of Matip, Van Dijk and Mane, Salah's goal twice, to win Z United 6-0, in the first twenty-six rounds, only 3 points behind Manchester City, the Premier League championship belongs to the suspense restart!
Facing Leeds United coached by mad Bielsa, Liverpool's strangled midfielder made it difficult for opponents to form a threatening attack, the reds had a very obvious advantage in the midfield confrontation throughout the first half, did not let the opponent form a shot, and himself completed 13 shots, of which 8 hit the target, in the 14th minute of the first half Robertson's cross caused a handball in the Leeds United player's penalty area, the referee decisively gave the home team a penalty opportunity, Salah's penalty was firmly hit, helping the Reds to take a 1-0 lead at home.
In the 28th minute Leeds United's counterattack also once broke through the Reds goal, but the only shot of the half was cancelled because Rafinha's offside was cancelled first, and Liverpool scored again after 2 minutes, Salah crossed from the right, the follow-up Matip faced the attacking goalkeeper with a small angle shot, Liverpool extended the lead to 2-0, in the 34th minute Liverpool's attack was effective again, Mane burst into the box to get a one-handed opportunity, the defender put it down, the referee blew a penalty, This was also Liverpool's 170th penalty in the Premier League, officially surpassing Manchester United, which was ridiculed by fans as a penalty spot, to become the first in the Premier League, Salah once again made a contribution, and Liverpool locked up the victory 3-0.
After the start of the second half, Liverpool still suppressed the opponent on the scene, Salah is still the most threatening player for the Reds on the offensive end, but in the 62nd minute, the Egyptian pharaoh missed a very good chance to break the goal, teammates broke through on the right and crossed the middle, followed by Salah's push and kick directly, in the 80th minute, the black whirlwind Mane finally scored, Henderson after receiving Salah's direct ball in front of the goal, Mane easily pushed the achievement, extending the score to 4-0, In the final minutes of normal time, Mane scored another city, the score came to 5-0, and Van Dijk scored with a corner kick header in injury time to freeze the score at 6-0.
After the big home victory over United, Liverpool is only 3 points behind Manchester City in the standings, and in the 32nd round of the Premier League, Liverpool will also challenge Manchester City away, the result of this game is likely to directly determine the trend of this season's Premier League title, looking forward to Liverpool can have a good performance!