A double from Diogo Jota helped Liverpool win 3-2 at home against Nottingham Forest in an English Football League game in which the reds had to go after the score.
On the two occasions the Portuguese striker scored, in the 47th and 55th minutes, Nottingham was not intimidated and continued to play ‘face to face’, a draw in the 51st minute by Nico Williams and in the 67th minute by Gibbs-Wit.
For Diogo Jota, today’s game confirmed the excellent form of the Portuguese striker, who already scored twice in the last round in the away defeat against Leeds (6-1).
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The visitors’ formula, with goals from sideways launches, again showed this season the vulnerability of Jürgen Klopp’s team in the most underserved sector, conceding 38 goals in 31 games.
Liverpool’s third goal came through Salah, with the Egyptian swinging to make it 3–2 in the 70th minute after a free kick signaled by Alexander-Arnold.
The game keeps Liverpool in the fight to move closer to the ‘Champions’ places as the team sit in seventh place, with 50 points, six from fourth position, occupied by Newcastle, one game short and Tottenham on Sunday. receives, fifth .
On the other hand, Nottingham’s defeat keeps the team ‘sunk’ in the relegation zone, dropping from 18th to 19th, in exchange for Everton, who went looking for a point at Crystal Palace (0-0) today, 12th .
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Leicester, who had not won since the 23rd round, returned to triumph 10 games later, after eight defeats and a draw, in a game where the team managed to topple the scoreboard against Wolverhampton (13th).
Matheus Cunha put the ‘wolves’ ahead in the 13th minute, but before the break, a foul by José Sá on Vardy saw the ‘foxes’ equalize with a penalty, scored by Iheanacho, in the 36th minute.
In the second half, in a game in which Wolverhampton also had the Portuguese Nelson Semedo, Toti and Matheus Nunes on the field and Ruben Neves, João Moutinho, Daniel Podence and Pedro Neto came off the bench, Leicester scored the 2-1 goal through Kastagne, 75 years.
The win allows Leicester a narrow margin to escape relegation, with the same 28 points as Everton but a better difference between goals scored and conceded.
The 32nd round also held Aston Villa in sixth place, one point and one game ahead of Liverpool, after the Birmingham side drew 1-1 at Brentford today, tenth in the table.
The round continues on Sunday with the Bournemouth-West Ham and Newcastle-Tottenham games, but will only be completed on Monday and Tuesday, days when Manchester City, Brighton and Manchester United take the field.
The three teams are in the semi-finals of the FA Cup this weekend and will therefore not play the round until later, in a round in which Chelsea also saw their match postponed due to a visit to United.
Source: DN
