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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 32 (setup 4, season 35)
Liverpool
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
ALISSON Ramses Becker17Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD82Frédéric GUILBERT
JORDI ALBA Ramos73Matt RITCHIE
Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos46John BOSTOCK
Leonardo BONUCCI756Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Virgil VAN DIJK66Joël MATIP
Sadio MANÉ776Pierre LEES-MELOU
NGolo KANTÉ8Eden HAZARD
Lionel Andrés MESSI896Sasa KALAJDZIC
Mohamed SALAH106Stevan JOVETIC
Serge GNABRY116Danny WELBECK
Georgie BoyManager
Aymeric LAPORTE12Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Jan OBLAK13Jon FLATT
SON Heung-min14Neco WILLIAMS
Jordan HENDERSON15Dean PARRETT
Robert LEWANDOWSKI16Yasser LAROUCI

Liverpool 2 Darlington 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 36,502, Stadium: Anfield (construction in progress), Referee: Howard WEBB 6½, TV: live)
32 Salah, 81 ManéScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings1 Lees-Melou, 45 Kalajdzic
1Corners4
9Fouls8
7Offsides0
11Shots on4
9Shots off1
20Total shots5
6Shots saved4
64%Possession36%
Man of the match: Lionel Andrés MESSI
1LEES-MELOU given a yellow card for a high tackle on ALEXANDER-ARNOLD.
10SALAH clipped the ball through a ruck of players but LLORIS was a match for it as he dived to his left.
12A penalty box meleé resulted in HAZARD driving a low shot wide.
13KALAJDZIC dummied JORDI ALBA but lashed the ball into the arms of the Liverpool 'keeper.
21A header from SALAH was booted off the line by RITCHIE.
22SALAH beat MATIP and hit the ball to KANTÉ who blasted his effort wide.
27SALAH's shot was well held by LLORIS.
30A cross from GNABRY left MESSI in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
32GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed GNABRY to knock the ball to SALAH who drove a looping shot into the net. (1-0 Liverpool)
34A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing ALISSON.
44A great effort from SALAH scraped the upright.
45KALAJDZIC booked.
 
53ALISSON managed to palm clear an amazing shot.
59MANÉ brought the ball past GUILBERT and rifled a tame shot over the bar.
66LLORIS was able to palm clear a tame shot from SALAH.
68A corner was collected by SALAH who forced the ball wide.
71A drive from SALAH seemed a certain goal but LLORIS managed to punch the ball away.
72A accurate pass found MANÉ and his left foot shot flew narrowly over.
76A neatly crafted cross from MANÉ, was slammed goalbound by MESSI only for the Darlington 'keeper to block.
80MANÉ shot wide.
81GOAL!! A nice run by KANTÉ on the left was capped by a wonderful cross which MANÉ flicked home at the far post. (2-0 Liverpool)
87MESSI fluffed an easy chance.