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           2019  Liverpool Set New Club                                                                       Neville Criticizes ‘Embarrassing’

           21st,                                                                                           Manchester United Penalty Confusion

           August  Record With Win



           |  Against Saints
           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
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