English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 16, 2021
Liverpool WWDWD 5
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Watford LWLDL 0
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Match Report

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Mane, Firmino, Salah star as Liverpool go top with thumping win over woeful Watford

Liverpool moved to the top of the Premier League on Saturday, thumping Watford 5-0 in Claudio Ranieri's first match in charge of the Hornets.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
4
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
8
9
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
4
76.2
Possession
23.8
19
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
711
Accurate Passes
165
816
Passes
252
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
2
19
Crosses
7
0.1
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
61
39
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
4
Interceptions
11
8
Effective Clearances
33
8
Clearances
33

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-1

Lineups

WAT · 5-4-1

  1. 1Ben FosterG
  2. 5William Troost-EkongCD
  3. 3Danny RoseCD-L
  4. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  5. 11Adam MasinaLB
  6. 21Kiko FemeníaRB
  7. 19Moussa SissokoCM-L
  8. 33Juraj KuckaCM-R
  9. 29Cucho HernándezLM
  10. 25Emmanuel DennisRM
  11. 23Ismaïla SarrF

Substitutes

  1. 2Jeremy NgakiaSUB
  2. 26Daniel BachmannSUB
  3. 6Imran LouzaSUB
  4. 12Ken SemaSUB
  5. 17Ashley FletcherSUB
  6. 8Tom CleverleySUB
  7. 16Dan GoslingSUB
  8. 10João PedroSUB
  9. 18Ozan TufanSUB

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 62Caoimhín KelleherG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 14Jordan HendersonCM
  7. 8Naby KeitaLM
  8. 7James MilnerRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 10Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Diogo JotaSUB
  2. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  3. 27Divock OrigiSUB
  4. 76Neco WilliamsSUB
  5. 5Ibrahima KonatéSUB
  6. 21Kostas TsimikasSUB
  7. 12Joe GomezSUB
  8. 18Takumi MinaminoSUB
  9. 13Adrián SUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Watford 0, Liverpool 1. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball.
  2. 37' Goal! Watford 0, Liverpool 2. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Milner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Watford. Tom Cleverley replaces Adam Masina.
  4. 52' Goal! Watford 0, Liverpool 3. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  5. 54' Goal! Watford 0, Liverpool 4. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
  6. 56' Substitution, Watford. Jeremy Ngakia replaces Kiko Femenía.
  7. 64' Substitution, Liverpool. Konstantinos Tsimikas replaces Andrew Robertson.
  8. 64' Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  9. 69' Substitution, Watford. João Pedro replaces Emmanuel Dennis.
  10. 83' Substitution, Liverpool. Neco Williams replaces James Milner.
  11. 90'+1' Goal! Watford 0, Liverpool 5. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neco Williams.

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