English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 14, 2019
Watford WLLLD 0
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Liverpool DWWWW 2
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LIV112
Anfield · 53,311 att.

Match Report

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Salah brace as Liverpool beat Watford to extend unbeaten Premier League run

Liverpool continued their unbeaten start to the Premier League season with a hard-fought 2-0 win against bottom side Watford.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
2
32.1
Possession
67.9
8
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
198
Accurate Passes
538
309
Passes
649
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
0
9
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.0
66
Long Balls
64
20
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
8
21
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
9
35
Effective Clearances
14
35
Clearances
14

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 12Joe GomezCD-R
  4. 7James MilnerLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 9Roberto FirminoAM
  7. 5Georginio WijnaldumLM
  8. 14Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 11Mohamed SalahF
  10. 10Sadio ManéAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

WAT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-R
  4. 21Kiko FemeníaLB
  5. 6Adrian MariappaRB
  6. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréAM
  7. 19Will HughesLM
  8. 29Étienne CapoueRM
  9. 9Troy DeeneyF
  10. 7Gerard DeulofeuAM-L
  11. 23Ismaïla SarrAM-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Will Hughes (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 38' Goal! Liverpool 1, Watford 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané following a fast break.
  3. 43' Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' VAR Decision: No Goal Liverpool 1-0 Watford.
  5. 57' James Milner (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Substitution, Liverpool. Andrew Robertson replaces Georginio Wijnaldum because of an injury.
  7. 70' Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  8. 75' Substitution, Watford. Andre Gray replaces Troy Deeney.
  9. 87' Substitution, Watford. Domingos Quina replaces Abdoulaye Doucouré.
  10. 88' Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Roberto Firmino.
  11. 90' Goal! Liverpool 2, Watford 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Divock Origi.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  12. 90'+1' VAR Decision: Goal Liverpool - Liverpool 2-0 Watford (Mohamed Salah).

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