Rodri says Manchester City's threat from set pieces is helping them to be Premier League champions after he scored another goal in the win over Newcastle.
20.04.2022 - 14:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Liverpool sensation Mo Salah has remained level-headed in his assessment of the title race despite his team's 4-0 destruction of Manchester United on Tuesday evening.
Salah and his teammates jumped up into first ahead of Manchester City in the Premier League table because of the win, ahead of the champions welcoming Brighton to the Etihad on Wednesday. It’s set to be a tight season run-in with virtually no room for error for either side.
City are gunning for their fourth Premier League title in five years while Liverpool are chasing their second — and a first in front of fans. Although United were woeful on Tuesday at Anfield, Jurgen Klopp's side demonstrated their esteemed class and showed why City will need to be at their best to claim the crown once again this time around.
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Speaking after the game to Sky Sports, Salah remained grounded in his title hopes for Liverpool. When asked how significant being top of the league is after the United triumph, he said: “It’s great — wait until tomorrow because City, it’s not a team to easily lose points.
“We just need to focus on ourselves and the rest is not in our hands. So the only thing we can focus on is our game and we will see.”
Salah broke a six-game scoring drought by netting two against United, following on from his hat-trick in October’s 5-0 Old Trafford mauling. The Egyptian leads the golden boot race with 22 goals, 11 more than highest-placed City league scorer Kevin De Bruyne.
Rodri says Manchester City's threat from set pieces is helping them to be Premier League champions after he scored another goal in the win over Newcastle.
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How dare Toni Kroos and Real Madrid celebrate victory? Think of Man City and LiverpoolSalah was taken off with a shoulder injury in the 2018 final with former Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos becoming public enemy number one in Liverpool after his tussle with the Egyptian forced him off. Ramos, who checked on the Liverpool star by text after the incident, found himself accused of deliberately going out to injure Salah but the Spaniard never accepted that theory. And with the two clubs colliding again in this year’s final, Salah put out a tweet simply saying: “We have a score to settle”.
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