LIVERPOOL: Liverpool stretched their commanding lead at the top of the Premier League to 16 points and advantage over Manchester United to 30 as goals from Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah earned a 2-0 win over their historic rivals at Anfield. United is the only team to take Premier League points off the European champions this season, but it rarely looked like lightning would strike twice once the hosts went in front on 14 minutes. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s game plan was undone by a simple set piece as Van Dijk rose highest to power home Trent Alexander-Arnold’s corner. Firstly, Firmino’s brilliant strike was ruled out as Van Dijk was penalised for an aerial challenge with David de Gea after a VAR review. The Egyptian was picked out by goalkeeper Alisson Becker and ran from inside his own half before slotting under De Gea.

Source: Manila Times January 20, 2020 20:37 UTC