Premier League: Sadio Mane Nets Twice In Liverpool's Win Over Newcastle United
Liverpool returned from international break to batter Newcastle United in a 3-1 home victory that saw Sadio Mane scoring a brace after the team had gone a goal down early into the game.
Mane and his teammate Mo Salah appeared to have waved off their grudges which happened against Burnley when the Senegalese raged over not getting enough service from the Egyptian. They both had good time pounding the ball into Newcastle's goal.
With Roberto Firmino in the attacking lineup, Reds were as deadly as ever against defensive Magpies, with Mane curling home an equaliser from inside the box after Jetro Willems had opened the scoring in the 7th minutes.
Since Magpies' gameplan of holding down the lead just as they would had been crushed, Mane added the second goal in - Dubravka was punished for poorly stopping a through pass to Mane from bouncing off his hands.
Sadio Mane is left with empty net and taps in the second goal after Newcastle keeper Dubravka poorly saved the ball from going past |
Newcastle were yet to lose a game until they travelled to Anfield when they were made to remain defensive but fruitless without taking a point as Salah drove in on the ball after Firmino squared him up with a pass in the box and finished it for the third goal.
"I started enjoying it after 35 minutes when we arrived in the game," Jurgen Klopp recalled equalizing the lead from a goal down to Newcastle. "It was difficult, Newcastle did what they did and did it well."
Klopp added, "I'm not too pleased about coming from behind. We have to learn fro. The game. The challenge is always after the international break to find a common rhythm."
Liverpool continued in impressive start to the season with five winning run to stay atop the table with five points clear their closest rivals, Manchester City.
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