Show of goals by Darwin Núñez and Diogo Jota so that Mac Allister’s Liverpool is more leading than ever in the Premier League

Liverpoolcon Alexis Mac Allister as a starter, he stepped on the accelerator in the second half to seal a resounding 4-0 in the field of the Bournemouththis Sunday, for the 21st day of the Premier Leaguewhere he escapes at the top and is five points ahead of Manchester City (2º), Arsenal (3rd) and Aston Villa (4º).

After a first half without goals, the Portuguese Diogo Jota He gave a boost to his team by providing assistance to Darwin Núñez (ST 4′), before achieving a double (ST 25′ and 35′). His Uruguayan teammate, with everything already decided (ST 45), put the second of her own and the final 4-0 on the scoreboard.

In this way, Jota and Núñez managed to make people forget the absence of Mohamed Salahthe team’s and the tournament’s top scorer – he has 14 shouts like the Norwegian Erling Haalandwhich is with Egypt in the Ivory Coast disputing the Africa Cupwhere he injured his thigh this week.

Diogo Jota, absent due to injury for almost the entire month of December, is in a great moment, with a balance of three goals and three assists in three Premier League games, since his reappearance in the Boxing Day on December 26th. Mac Allister, with a good performance, played the 90 minutes.

For Núñez, however, this double represents an important dose of confidence. He had only scored one goal in his previous 16 games for Liverpoolsince he scored the winning goal in November in the League Cup precisely against Bournemouth, an opponent he is good at.

The festival at Bournemouth, twelfth in the English championship, is a great response from the Reds to the 5-0 victory achieved on Saturday by Arsenal against Crystal Palace (15th).

Liverpool has 48 points, five more than second place, Manchester City, which played its matchday 21 match last weekend (3-2 victory in Newcastle) and has also played one game less than the leader. Julián Álvarez’s team will play that pending match on February 20 against Brentford. With the same harvest, 43 units, are Arsenal and Aston Villa.

In Sunday’s other match in the English league, the bottom Sheffield United y West Ham (6th) tied 2-2. The Hammers They reached the final moments with an advantage, but the bottom of the table avoided defeat in front of their fans with a penalty converted in the thirteenth minute of stoppage time by the Scotsman Oli McBurnie.