19 min Alexander-Arnold’s pushed cross takes a deflection and flies throughout the six-yard field, simply in entrance of the stretching Mane.
11:48
18 min Robertson’s nook is surprisingly missed by Salah, 10 yards from aim.
11:47
18 min Robertson’s cross bounces off Salah and virtually falls once more for Mane. Furlong places it behind for a nook.
11:46
16 min That is brutally one-sided. West Brom might grow to be the primary workforce in historical past to have a minus possession share.
11:44
14 min That’s twice – at present and for his aim at Crystal Palace – that Mane has managed a tough ball and crushed the defender in a single motion. Nearly each different footballer on the planet would have wanted two touches.
11:43
Sadio Mane provides Liverpool the lead with a high-class end. Matip curled a flat go into him on the sting of this space. He took it superbly on his chest, away from Ajayi, and thrashed the ball previous Johnstone on the half-volley. Pretty aim.
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GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 West Brom (Mane 12)
And it’s goodnight from West Brom.
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11 min Mane performs a pleasant reverse go to the relentless Robertson, who surges into the world and hits a cross that’s blocked. Andy Robertson is an unimaginable footballer; I used to be unpleasantly shocked by how low he was within the Guardian 100.
11:39
10 min Furlong’s lengthy throw is headed nicely vast below strain by Ajayi. West Brom ought to threaten from set items once they get the chance.
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9 min West Brom win a aim kick. Sam Johnstone whips out a duplicate of Struggle and Peace, thumbs by way of a couple of pages after which boots the ball downfield. I don’t blame him, I’d do the identical.
11:38
8 min In a stunning improvement, Liverpool are fully dominant. West Brom would take a 2-0 defeat proper now, and possibly say thanks.
11:36
6 min Robertson flashes one other harmful ball throughout the face, this time simply in entrance of the stretching Fabinho.
11:35
6 min West Brom are virtually taking part in with 4 centre-backs: Gibbs and Furlong are very slim. To date they’ve accomplished nicely.
11:33
4 min West Brom’s formation is actually 4-5-1, with Callum Robinson and Diangana on the wings.
11:32
3 min Robertson curls a harmful ball throughout the six-yard field. Salah retrieves it and finds Henderson, whose chipped cross is headed away by Ajayi.
11:31
2 min I’m shocked Jurgen Klopp has gone along with his strongest obtainable workforce, given the upcoming fixture congestion. However he’s the most effective supervisor on the planet and I’m not, so we shouldn’t decide him too harshly.
11:29
1 min Peep peep! West Brom kick off from left to proper and win a throw-in.
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Liverpool remains to be in tier 2, so there are 2,000 followers at Anfield. They greet the arrival of the Liverpool workforce with a heartfelt chant of “Championes”.
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Crew information
Liverpool (4-3-3) Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Fabinho, Robertson; Jones, Henderson, Wijnaldum; Salah, Firmino, Mane. Substitutes: Kelleher, R Williams, Phillips, N Williams, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Shaqiri, Minamino, Origi.
Hiya and welcome to dwell protection of Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion from Anfield. Liverpool have had an excellent Christmas interval up to now, and so they haven’t performed a sport. Yesterday’s draw between Leicester and Manchester United was the right consequence for Liverpool, and means they are going to go 5 factors clear on the high in the event that they win at present. Now, about that thrilling title race we had been promised…
A Liverpool win seems to be a formality towards a West Brom aspect who’re preventing for survival, although the presence of Sam Allardyce would possibly induce one among two pangs amongst Liverpool supporters. He was the final supervisor to win a Premier League sport at Anfield, with Crystal Palace in April 2017, and drew 1-1 with Everton on his final go to later that 12 months. Everton had 21 per cent possession that day.
Can Liverpool’s bejowled bogeyman do it once more? Most likely not. Nevertheless it’ll be hilarious if he does.