At 23:30 Beijing time on April 24, a match in the 34th round of the Premier League began to compete, and Liverpool faced Everton at home. In the first half, Gray's long-range shot was blocked, Mane's burst kick was deflected, Jota's push in the middle of the penalty area was deflected, Dukure's low shot was deflected, and Salah's powerful shot flew away. In the second half, Keita's long-range shot was deflected, Gordon's low shot was deflected, Salah assisted Robertson's header, and In the final moments, Origi's header was headed in. In the end, Liverpool beat Everton 2-0. Liverpool have won three consecutive games in all competitions. Liverpool continue to chase Manchester City, trailing them by just one point.
After the game began, Everton focused on the defense, the back line was densely packed, and then looked for opportunities to counterattack. In the 14th minute, Everton played a sharp attack after breaking the ball at the back, Gray dribbled the ball all the way inside the left side of the box, and finally chose to shoot himself, which was blocked by the defender in front of him. Two minutes later, Gordon received the ball, thrust forward at high speed, was pushed by Alexander-Arnold, and fell on the grass. However, the referee did not blow fouls. This penalty is controversial.
In the 20th minute, Liverpool finally got a chance to shoot. Mane received the ball outside the penalty area and turned to shoot, which was deflected. The dense defense allowed Mane to speed up the time from the stop to the shot, resulting in the touch of the ball not being well controlled. In the 24th minute, when Gordon was carrying the ball in the penalty area, he saw his opponent stretch his feet and quickly fell to the ground, and the referee determined that he was a fake fall and gave him a yellow card. Seven minutes later, Robertson sent a cross from the left, and the unguarded Jota in the middle pushed straight and deflected it. It is a pity that such a rare opportunity was not seized.
In the 33rd minute, Everton launched a counterattack again, Andukoure received the ball, burst into the right side of the penalty area, and single-handedly pushed into the far corner, slightly offside. In the 42nd minute, Keita gave the ball back to Salah in the penalty area, and Salah directly pulled out his foot and fired a furious shot, kicking high. Four minutes later, Ducuré played Fabinho in a row while grabbing the ball, which gave him a yellow card. Large-scale clashes broke out between the two sides. Mane also received a yellow card for pushing and shoving. At half-time, the score was still 0-0!
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 47th minute, Liverpool won a corner kick opportunity, the ball was driven into the box, was released by the header, Keita stopped the ball on the chest outside the box and shot hard, the kick was deflected. Six minutes later, Gordon burst into the box, Matip pushed him from behind, and Gordon fell to the ground, but the referee did not award a penalty. This penalty is controversial. In the 55th minute, Gordon burst into the left side of the penalty area and fired a low shot into the far corner from a tight angle, deflected a little.
In the 61st minute, Liverpool finally scored! Salah sent a cross from the right side of the penalty area, the ball flew to the back post, and the completely empty Robertson header hit the goal and the ball went in! The goal gave Klopp a sigh of relief. In the 71st minute, Gray fired a long-range shot from the top of the penalty area that deflected off the left upright. In the 83rd minute, Thiago's long-range shot was saved. In the 84th minute, substitute Origi headed in front of goal and killed the suspense of the game. In the end, Liverpool beat Everton 2-0. Lampard lost to Klopp.