Sunday briefing: Salah nets landmark Liverpool goal and Man City bounce back
Sunday briefing: Salah nets landmark Liverpool goal and Man City bounce back
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Liverpool maintained their stranglehold at the top of the Premier League with a 4-1 thrashing of struggling Ipswich at Anfield. Arsenal recovered from the controversial sending off of Myles Lewis-Skelly to grind out a 1-0 win over Wolves, who also finished with 10 men at Molinuex.
Saturday’s late kick-off saw Manchester City come from behind to beat Chelsea 3-1, while in Scotland, Celtic’s home game against Dundee was postponed following storm damage to the stadium. Mohamed Salah scored his 100th Premier League goal for Liverpool at Anfield – but it was the 4-1 victory over Ipswich which was more significant as Arne Slot’s side maintained their stranglehold at the top of the table.
Salah’s 19th league goal of the season came in between strikes from Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo as the visitors were clinically exposed in the first half. Gakpo nodded in a fourth just past the hour before Ipswich got a late consolation through Jacob Greaves’ header in stoppage time.
Kieran McKenna’s side, though, remain deep in the relegation mire having lost eight of the last 11 league matches. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta called on the Football Association to overturn Lewis-Skelly’s hugely controversial red card in the 1-0 win at Wolves, which kept his side six points behind Liverpool.
