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Liverpool wins and continues to compete for the Premier League
In the absence of a single date, Liverpool beat Southampton at home and returned to place one point behind the leader Manchester City. Those led by Jurgen Klopp came back from a game that they started losing from the 13th minute, but later managed to prevail so that everything is defined next Sunday.
On matchday 37, the 'citizens' tied against West Ham as visitors 2-2. On this occasion the 'Reds' visited the St. Mary's Stadium with several casualties. Salah and Van Dijk did not play due to injury in the FA CUP final against Chelsea. Neither were Mané, Alexander-Arnold and Robertson summoned.
The meeting began with the initiative facing the goal of the visitors. At minute 13, Nathan Redmond escaped at speed on a counter that ended with a right shot from the left side of the area and put it in the top corner. 1-0 partial and with that result Manchester City momentarily became the champion.
From this moment on, Liverpool tried to equalize, but it was diminished because many of its stars were missing. At 20', a creeping shot by Minamino from the edge of the box was stopped without any problems by the local team's goalkeeper.
Until at minute 26, he sent a center into the area that ends up controlling Diogo Jota and dragging the mark, he gives it to Minamino so that, arriving from the right of the area, he ends up taking a powerful shot to the near post and thus converting the partial tie.
The visitors continued to put pressure on a Southampton team that had failed to maintain the result and was now about to concede the second.
At 36', the 'Reds' recovered a ball from three quarters of the field and quickly gave it to Firminho who took a shot from the edge of the area that went over the crossbar. With that result they would go to rest.
Starting the second half, at minute 48, a good collective move ended in a low cross by Tsimikas from the left that Diogo Jota received in the area and the latter, marked by the defense, took a low shot that went near the far post.
At 54 'Liverpool had a clear one again. Matip was encouraged from his area and took a filtered pass that ended in a triangulation, Diego Jota gives it to Firminho first and the Brazilian passes it so that Elliot escapes at speed through the right sector of the area and ends up taking a close shot of the last line that hits the side of the net and comes out.
The comeback goal came in the 67th minute. The action started from a corner in favor of Liverpool that Tsimikas charged and the local defense cleared, but it ended as a cross to the area that Matip headed and sent it to the back of the net. 1-2 definitive.
With this result, Liverpool reaches 89 points, while Manchester City is the leader with 90. This Sunday the Premier League champion will be defined on the last day and those led by Klopp are also preparing to play the UEFA Champions League final next Saturday May 28 in Paris against Real Madrid.
