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2019 Liverpool Set New Club Neville Criticizes ‘Embarrassing’

21st, Manchester United Penalty Confusion

August Record With Win

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EXAMINER iverpool made light of their their hands when they saw with Mané inside the area and he

created space for himself and
Liverpool’s schedule and build-
exhaustive midweek jaunt
IRISH Lto Turkey to post a club- up to the game, which was dom- then curled a delightful effort
inated by an injury worry for
record 11th straight Premier
into the top corner.
Klopp’s men had been lucky
League win with a 2-1 success at
Reds goalkeeper Adrian.
Southampton. The Spaniard hurt his ankle to be in front at half-time, but GaryNevilledescribedtheapparentconfusionoverthe
Goals from Sadio Mané and when a pitch invader slid into they should have been home and missed penalty that cost Manchester United three points
Roberto Firmino kept up their him during the post-match cele- hosed by the hour mark as they against Wolves as “embarrassing”.
impressive domestic record as brations in Turkey and Liverpool found their attacking groove Paul Pogba saw his second half spot-kick saved by Rui
they have won every game going were preparing to play Andy early in the second half and Patricio after an apparent debate with Marcus Rashford
back to the Merseyside derby on Lonergan, a 35-year-old journey- missed some big chances. over who should step up to take it.
March 3 and are unbeaten in 19 man who last played for First James Milner rolled an The former United defender Neville told Sky Sports:
overall. Rochdale in March. effort just wide, before an off-boil “They should decide in the dressing room who is the
This win must be as pleasing Luckily Adrian, who had been Mohamed Salah broke the offside penalty taker – it’s embarrassing.
as any for Jurgen Klopp given his the hero of Istanbul, was declared trap and was denied by the feet of “This is a Manchester United penalty, this not a tombo-
side did not land back in this fit and produced some more Angus Dunn. la, this is not under-fives on the school field.
country until 4am on Thursday heroics in the 20th minute to stop Firmino was the guiltiest “Rashford scored last week – take the penalty. But
morning following their penalty Southampton taking the lead. party, though, when he missed there wasn’t a leader out there. Something wasn’t right.”
shootout Super Cup win over The Saints, who have inflicted from close range from another United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer dismissed the penal-
Chelsea in Istanbul on three defeats on Klopp during his Mané center. ty confusion, insisting both Pogba and Rashford are desig-
Wednesday night. time at Anfield, out Liverpool-ed The Brazilian made up for that nated to take spot-kicks for the club.
Southampton caused them a Liverpool with a vigorous press, miss in the 71st minute as Solskjaer said: “The two of them are designated the
host of problems, as fatigue which unsettled the back line and Liverpool appeared to kill the penalty shooters and it’s up to them there and then who
seemed to be an issue, but saw them earn a string of corners. game when he fired into the bot- feels ‘this is mine’.
Mane’s brilliant goal gave them a And it was from one of them tom corner after cutting across “Sometimes players just feel they are confident enough
half-time lead and the second half that Maya Yoshida should have the edge of the area. to score – Paul has scored so many penalties for us and
was an incisive attacking display opened the scoring, but his head- Southampton continued their today Rui Patricio made a good save.
which should have yielded more er from inside the six-yard went endeavor and that hard work saw “The two of them have been very confident. I like play-
than Firmino’s effort. straight to Adrian, who instinc- them earn a lifeline in the 83rd ers with confidence and the feeling that ‘I can do this’.”
The fact there were not fur- tively put a hand up to make a minute. Rashford added: “Paul wanted to take it – it’s that sim-
ther goals meant that in the end fine save. Ings chased down a passback ple.
Liverpool were hanging on in the Southampton continued to and Adrian’s high stock fell when “Everybody can miss a penalty. He’s scored countless
final 10 minutes after Danny Ings better their visitors and fashioned he dallied on the ball, allowing penalties for us so it’s normal to miss one.
scored against his former club to another fine chance seven min- the Southampton striker to close “I took one last week so for me it’s no problem for him
reduce the deficit. utes before the break as Che down his clearance and send it in to take one this week. It’s unfortunate he didn’t score but
The Saints, who were beaten Adams found space in between to the back of the net. it’s not on him, it’s as a team and we take it forward to the
on the opening day at Burnley, the two center-backs, but put his Ings should have delivered the next game.” C
will be able to take away plenty free header from Oriol Romeu’s ultimate penalty to his former Blades Defeat Eagles In First Home Fixture
of positives, even if they are left cross over the crossbar. side three minutes later but he J o h n
with a sense of what if after Ings There was a sense those miss- could not make a proper connec- Lundstram was
missed a golden chance to equal- es might be costly and so it tion from six yards out and his the match-winner
ize. proved in first-half stoppage time shot went painfully wide as the as Sheffield United
They must have been rubbing as some neat passing ended up Reds held on. C beat Crystal Palace
1-0 in their first
home match since
returning to the
Premier League.
David McGoldrick had the best of the first-half chances
at Bramall Lane, firing Lundstram’s cross straight at
Vicente Guaita from close range shortly before half-time.
The home side then took the lead two minutes after
the break, Guaita parrying a Luke Freeman effort for
Lundstram to find the net.
Andros Townsend forced Dean Henderson into a low
save six minutes later as Palace searched for an equalizer,
but the hosts held on as they continued their unbeaten
start to their first Premier League campaign since
2006/07.
The win puts the Blades in seventh place with four
points, while 14th-placed Crystal Palace have one point
from two matches. C