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2019 Liverpool Liverpool Still Top After
Drawn Against
4th, Napoli Again In Defeating Burnley
September Champions League

Group Stage
iverpool beat Burnley 3-0
at Turf Moor to record a
| Lclub-record 13th consec-
EXAMINER utive league victory and return
to the top of the table.
The Reds took the lead 33

IRISH minutes in when Trent
Alexander-Arnold’s cross hit
Chris Wood and looped into
the net.
Sadio Mané doubled their
advantage four minutes later,
finishing calmly having been
picked out by Roberto Firmino
Holders Liverpool have
been drawn to play Napoli, after Ben Mee’s pass was inter-
Salzburg and Genk in cepted.
Group E of the Champions James Tarkowski headed
League. Dwight McNeil’s free-kick over
The draw, made in before Firmino swept home
Monaco, has pitted Jurgen from 18 yards 10 minutes
Klopp’s side against the before the end to become the Two minutes before the Bruyne to finish. Haller struck for a second
Italian club in the group first Brazilian to score 50 break, Frank Lampard’s side Agüero made it 2-0 just match in succession when he
stages for the second suc- Premier League goals. doubled their lead as Abraham before half-time from De converted Arthur Masuaku’s
cessive year – both matches The win makes Liverpool took advantage of another Bruyne’s pass to cap off a flow- left-wing cross on 24 minutes.
finished as 1-0 home victo- only the fifth team to win their defensive mix-up to score his ing team move. Todd Cantwell headed over
ries in 2018-19. opening four Premier League second. He grabbed his second after from close range for Norwich
Manchester City will matches of consecutive seasons Callum Robinson pulled a 55 minutes, superbly bending before West Ham doubled
face Ukraine’s Shakhtar and moves them to 12 points, goal back for The Blades less the ball past Mat Ryan from their lead on 56 minutes as
Donetsk, Croatia’s Dinamo two ahead of Manchester City. than a minute after half-time outside the area. Yarmolenko struck a first-time
Zagreb and Italian side Jannik Vestergaard scored a when he converted a cut-back Substitute Bernardo Silva volley from an acute angle.
Atalanta in Group C. maiden Premier League goal to from Enda Stevens. added a fourth on 79 minutes, West Ham could have
Both Klopp and City earn 10-man Southampton a Sheffield United leveled in after being teed up by Agüero extended their advantage, but
boss Pep Guardiola will point as they drew 1-1 with the last minute of normal time almost instantly after coming Issa Diop saw his header
have few complaints with Manchester United. after a dangerous cross from on. cleared off the line by Emiliano
their respective groups, United took the lead on 10 Robinson went in off Zouma City are in second place on Buendia.
although Tottenham and minutes when Daniel James to deny Lampard a first home 10 points, two behind In the early game on
Chelsea appear to be facing drilled a stunning effort into win as Chelsea head coach. Liverpool. Sunday, Richarlison scored
tougher challenges. the top corner for his third goal Jamie Vardy scored twice as Watford secured their first twice as Everton came out on
Tottenham will take on of the season. Leicester City moved up to point of the season with a 1-1 top in a pulsating match against
five-time winners Bayern Southampton improved third place with a 3-1 win over draw at Newcastle United. Wolves at Goodison Park.
Munich, Olympiacos and after the break and were level AFC Bournemouth at King Will Hughes’s second- The Brazilian struck on five
Red Star Belgrade in Group just before the hour, when Power Stadium. minute goal gave Watford a minutes by capitalizing on a
B. Vestergaard rose highest to Vardy’s wonderful long- strong start at St James’ Park. defensive mix-up but Wolves
Chelsea, drawn in head in his first goal for the range lob gave Leicester the Hughes kept his composure drew level four minutes later
Group H, will play last sea- club from a Kevin Danso cross. lead after 12 minutes before to finish past Martin Dubravka when Everton did not clear an
son’s beaten semi-finalists Southampton’s ambitions Callum Wilson lifted in his first after Tom Cleverley’s long-dis- Adama Traore cross to allow
Ajax, Valencia and French were hit on 73 minutes after Premier League goal of the sea- tance shot was blocked but ran Romain Saiss to finish.
club Lille. Danso was shown a second yel- son three minutes later. kindly to his team-mate in the Alex Iwobi headed in Gylfi
Real Madrid will face low for a foul on Scott Vardy then turned provider, area. Sigurdsson’s cross on 12 min-
French giants Paris St McTominay. squaring for Youri Tielemans Newcastle responded well utes for his first Premier
Germain in Group A, United turned up the pres- to tap in from close range on 41 and leveled before half-time League goal for Everton.
which also includes Club sure and Marcus Rashford and minutes. through Fabian Schär. Wolves leveled again with
Brugge and Galatasaray, Mason Greenwood were That partnership was Emil Krafth’s cross into the 15 minutes to go when Raul
while Barcelona have been denied by Angus Gunn late on reversed for the final goal, with box was not cleared and Schär Jimenez headed in from Willy
drawn in Group F along- as United failed to win for a the Belgian crossing for Vardy beat Ben Foster with a firm Boly’s flick on.
side Borussia Dortmund, third successive league match. to finish from inside the penal- shot. But, with 10 minutes
Inter Milan and Slavia A late own goal from Kurt ty area with 17 minutes left. Newcastle had the upper remaining, Lucas Digne
Prague. Zouma helped Sheffield Leicester are on eight hand in the second half with crossed for Richarlison who
Italian champions United stun Chelsea and earn points, four behind leaders Isaac Hayden twice testing powered a header into the bot-
Juventus take on Atlético a point as they fought back to Liverpool. Foster and Yoshinori Muto tom corner.
Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen draw 2-2 at Stamford Bridge. Sergio Agüero scored twice shooting into the side-netting, Everton’s second win of the
and Lokomotiv Moscow in Chelsea went ahead on 19 as Manchester City beat but Watford held on. season lifts them to sixth place,
Group D and Group G is minutes when Tammy Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 at Sebastien Haller and Andriy on seven points. Wolves, who
made up of Zenit St Abraham followed up a loose the Etihad Stadium. Yarmolenko each scored as had Boly dismissed for a second
Petersburg, Benfica, Lyon ball after goalkeeper Dean City opened the scoring West Ham United beat yellow card late on, are 17th
and RB Leipzig. C Henderson could not gather to after just 70 seconds, David Norwich City 2-0 at London after their first PL defeat of the
finish from close range. Silva squaring for Kevin De Stadium. season. C