England Roundup: Rodri delivers for Man City; Nunez saves Liverpool
SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Erling Haaland missed a penalty. Virgil van Dijk was proven a straight pink card. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Kyle Walker made sloppy defensive errors resulting in objectives.
Manchester City and Liverpool delivered performances rife with errors from their star names within the Premier League on Sunday.
Late winners ensured they didn’t show pricey.
City is the one crew to win its opening three matches after beating Sheffield United 2-1, however solely due to an 88th-minute objective from Rodri that spared the blushes of Haaland and Walker.
Haaland struck a first-half penalty towards the put up and squandered a slew of different probabilities in an unusually profligate show from the main scorer within the league final season.
He lastly discovered the web – doesn’t he all the time? – within the 63rd to place City forward however then it was Walker’s time to mess up when he tried a backheel in his personal space and gave up possession from which Sheffield United equalized.
Rodri, the scorer of City’s winner within the Champions League last in June, got here up with one other well timed objective to proceed the champions’ 100 per cent begin to their title defence.
Liverpool left it even later, with substitute Darwin Nunez scoring the second of his objectives within the third minute of stoppage time to earn a 2-1 win at Newcastle that got here despite a woeful defensive show by the Reds within the first half at St. James’ Park.
After getting booked within the sixth minute after which escaping a sending-off for a cynical foul quickly after, Alexander-Arnold accomplished a hat trick of errors by letting Mohamed Salah’s backward move slip underneath his boot. That let out Anthony Gordon unchallenged and he slotted a end between Alisson Becker’s legs within the twenty fifth.
Then, three minutes later, the often unflappable Van Dijk made a rash sort out – because the final man – on Alexander Isak that earned him a straight pink card, seemingly ending any life like hopes of Liverpool avoiding defeat.
However, Nunez took benefit of extra unsure defending, this time from Sven Botman as he didn’t cope with a through-ball, to equalize within the 81st.
The Uruguay striker then ran onto a move from Salah to transform an almost-replica end and safe an unlikely triumph.
Newcastle, which can play within the Champions League this season, has solely gained one among its first three video games, although the Saudi-controlled northeast crew has had a troublesome begin towards Aston Villa, Man City and Liverpool.
Villa was thrashed 5-1 by Newcastle within the opening spherical however has bounced again with two wins, the most recent coming at Burnley 3-1 on Sunday.
Matty Cash, a right-back, scored Villa’s first two objectives and Moussa Diaby added the third.
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Alexander-Arnold known as it “something for the ages.” He was speaking about Liverpool’s comeback at one of many hardest grounds for visiting groups however he may simply have been referencing the show of his goalkeeper.
Alisson made seven saves towards Newcastle and none was higher than the one the place the Brazilian dived to his left and confirmed wonderful reflexes to show a fierce strike from Miguel Almiron onto the underside of the crossbar.
Liverpool has completed its final two video games with 10 males – Alexis Mac Allister was red-carded within the 3-1 win towards Bournemouth final weekend, just for it to get rescinded – however taken three factors each occasions.
Van Dijk’s sending-off for fouling Isak because the final man is unlikely to be overturned.
“We showed how good we can be with 10 men,” Alisson mentioned.”We must take that now ahead and do it with 11 gamers, hold that top degree, focus and actually consider we will do one thing this season.”
ABSENT GUARDIOLA
City supervisor Pep Guardiola missed the win at Sheffield United whereas he recovers in Barcelona after a again operation.
The finish of the sport would have made uncomfortable viewing for Guardiola, particularly Walker’s option to backheel the ball into play as an alternative of creating a easy clearance.
Guardiola’s assistant, Juanma Lillo, stuffed in as caretaker supervisor at Bramall Lane and mentioned he didn’t benefit from the expertise.
“Not at all. I much prefer being with Pep,” Lillo mentioned. “Especially when it’s a query of well being, I don’t take pleasure in this in any respect. We miss his presence now greater than ever.
“I haven’t spoken to him after the match. During the match, I spoke to him at some moments but generally, he was speaking to the other members of the technical staff. But he’s been totally present today.”
