Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, center, dribbles the ball past Brentford’s Mathias Jensen, left, during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Brentford at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Mohamed Salah struck twice and Diego Jota netted one in Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Brentford. Elsewhere, Villa registered a 3-1 win over Fulham to extend their home record.
Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool maintained their 100% winning record at Anfield this season with a 3-0 victory over Brentford on Sunday, their sixth successive Premier League win at home.
Salah – who now has 100 goals in English football with Liverpool and Chelsea – became the first player in history to score in each of Liverpool’s first six home league games of a season as Juergen Klopp’s side climbed over Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal into second in the table on 27 points after 12 games.
Brentford, who saw their three-match winning run end, are 10th on 16 points.
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Darwin Nunez had two first-half efforts disallowed for offside as the sense of an impending goal grew. Talisman Salah finally broke the deadlock in the 39th minute after Trent Alexander-Arnold drilled a pass to Nunez who slipped it to Salah behind Brentford’s defence for a left-footed finish into the far corner.
The 31-year-old Salah headed in his second at the back post in the 62nd minute after Kostas Tsimikas slid to keep the ball in play on the byline. Diogo Jota scored in the 74th when he cut inside and bent the ball inside the far corner past keeper Mark Flekken.
Aston Villa beat Fulham
An own goal by Antonee Robinson and strikes from John McGinn and Ollie Watkins helped Aston Villa to cruise to a 3-1 Premier League win over Fulham on Sunday, matching the club’s 40-year-old record of 13 home league wins in a row.
Villa took the lead in the 27th minute when Youri Tielemans snapped up a ball down the left wing and fired it across the goal, where Fulham defender Robinson turned it into his own net.
Villa captain McGinn netted the second goal three minutes before the break with a low drive before Watkins added a third with a close-range finish in the 64th minute.
Striker Raul Jimenez netted his first league goal since March 2022 to reduce the deficit for Fulham, but they came no closer as Villa held on to remain in fifth place in the table on 25 points, while the Cottagers are 16th on 12 points.
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Sheffield hold Brighton
Brighton and Hove Albion were held to a 1-1 home draw by Sheffield United in the Premier League on Sunday after going down to 10 men in the second half when midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud received a red card.
Simon Adingra got Brighton off to a flying start in the sixth minute when the winger cut in from the left flank and dribbled past five defenders while playing a one-two pass with Facundo Buonanotte before he slipped the ball past the keeper.
But the Seagulls suffered a setback when Dahoud was sent off for stamping Ben Osborn’s leg and United took full advantage, equalising five minutes later when Jayden Bogle drilled a cross into the box and Adam Webster turned it into his own net.
Both teams had phases of play where they put pressure on their opponents but they eventually had to settle for a point. Brighton remain in eighth place with 19 points while the Blades are still in the relegation zone, in 19th place on five points.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Reuters)