Liverpool remains the only pointer of the Premier League in the face of the stalking Arsenal and of Manchester City and it has a lot to do with it Alexis Mac Allister, that this Thursday he scored a huge goal to give his team the advantage against the Sheffield United.
It was 31 minutes into the second half at Anfield, the game was tied 1-1 and the Reds They searched insistently for victory. At that moment, Mac Allister, one of the best performing midfielders today, appeared. He captured a rebound outside the area and He shot the goalkeeper with a violent right hand that went into the corner. Notable.
It was his fifth goal in his last seven games: he scored against Sparta Prague in the UEFA Europa League, against Manchester City, Manchester United and now Sheffield in the Premier League and against Costa Rica in the friendly played in Los Angeles with the Argentine National Team.
And eight minutes later he was centimeters away from scoring another great goal, from a free kick, but his shot hit Croatian Ivo Grbic’s left post and left the final result of the match in suspense. Finally, at 90′ the Dutchman appeared Cody Gakpo and ended the story that had begun with a bit of Darwin Núñez at 17′ of the first half.
In this way, Liverpool regained the two-point advantage it had over Arsenal, which beat Luton Town 2-0, and three points ahead of Manchester City (4-1 against Aston Villa) with seven games left for the match. final of the English championship. The ending is expected to be exciting.
Mac Allister, formed in Argentinos Jrs. and who made the leap from Boca to English Brighton to today be installed as one of the stars of the Premier, is the axis of the team’s game. Jürgen Klopp. This time he shared the midfield with Dominik Szoboszlai (to his left) and Ryan Gravenberch (to his right). Both were replaced in the complement by Curtis Jones and Andrew Robertson respectively, while the Argentine footballer completed the 90 minutes. Everything revolves around him.
Klopp praised him more than once and Macca, as the German coach nicknames him, continues to leave great performances. “Alexis is like a football doctor (…) playing in that position the way he plays is very special. “He is super aggressive, super intelligent and his contribution to our entire possession game is very important,” he said in the run-up to the game against Arsenal at the beginning of February.
The summary of a new victory for Liverpool
