Liverpool in cruise control against Atletico
Liverpool are currently in cruise control at Anfield against Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid.
First-half goals from Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota, both from delicious passes from Trent Alexander-Arnold, ensured that Liverpool found themselves in a commanding position even before a bizzare red card for Atleti’s Felipe rendered the game effectively over as a contest.
A contentious red card at Anfield! 🟥
Felipe is given his marching orders for this deliberate trip on Sadio Mane… 😳#UCL pic.twitter.com/9xqrALqYdr
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) November 3, 2021
The result (should it remain) means that the Reds are through as group winners, now 7 points ahead of second-placed Porto with six points left up for grabs. Jurgen Klopp’s side still have to travel to Milan, as well as hosting Porto, but the results are irrelevant to their progression from the group.
Double injury blow for Jurgen Klopp
The result and what it means for the Merseyside outfit were somewhat overshadowed by a pair of injury issues suffered by the Reds.
Going into the encounter, James Milner and Naby Keita were already out injured, while Curtis Jones and Joe Gomez didn’t make the matchday squad due to knocks. Worse still, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain went down briefly before carrying on for five minutes until he was substituted, threatening to further stretch already threadbare midfield resources.
Oxlade-Chamberlain down hurt.
— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) November 3, 2021
There was a further, more worrying blow for the Reds, samba forward Roberto Firmino went off injured, and headed straight down the tunnel, not even sitting with his teammates for the rest of the game.
Firmino has gone off, straight down the tunnel. Minamino is ready to come on and so is Origi.
— Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) November 3, 2021
This could leave Klopp short of players for what is set to be a very busy period after the international break, although he will hope most will have recovered during that time.
For the weekend, however, they could be down to the bare bones.
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Premier League table
| # | Team | MP | D | P |
| 1 | Chelsea FC | 10 | 23 | 25 |
| 2 | Liverpool FC | 10 | 21 | 22 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 10 | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 10 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Arsenal FC | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Everton FC | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Leicester City | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Brentford FC | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Southampton FC | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Watford FC | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Burnley FC | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 10 | -12 | 4 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 10 | -22 | 2 |
| Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 10 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City | 7 |
| Antonio, Michail | West Ham United | 6 |
| Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 6 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 4 |
| James, Reece | Chelsea FC | 4 |
| Ronaldo, Cristiano | Manchester United | 4 |
| Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick | Arsenal FC | 4 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 |
| Firmino, Roberto | Liverpool FC | 4 |
| Jota, Diogo | Liverpool FC | 4 |
| Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United | 4 |
| Maupay, Neal | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 |
| Cornet, Maxwel | Burnley FC | 4 |
| Hwang, Hee-chan | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 |
| Raphinha | Leeds United | 4 |
| Sarr, Ismaila | Watford FC | 4 |
| Greenwood, Mason | Manchester United | 4 |
| Benrahma, Said | West Ham United | 3 |
| Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 3 |
| Player | Team | Red Cards | Yellow Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pogba, Paul | Manchester United | 1 | 4 |
| Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 0 | 5 |
| McGinn, John | Aston Villa | 0 | 4 |
| Moreno, Rodrigo | Leeds United | 0 | 4 |
| Ritchie, Matt | Newcastle United | 0 | 4 |
| Duffy, Shane | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 4 |
| Laporte, Aymeric | Manchester City | 1 | 3 |
| Shaw, Luke | Manchester United | 0 | 4 |
| Veltman, Joel | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 4 |
| Fred | Manchester United | 0 | 4 |
| Mings, Tyrone | Aston Villa | 0 | 4 |
| Skipp, Oliver | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 4 |
| Antonio, Michail | West Ham United | 0 | 2 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 0 | 3 |
| Doucoure, Abdoulaye | Everton FC | 0 | 3 |
| Gallagher, Conor | Crystal Palace | 0 | 3 |
| Fornals, Pablo | West Ham United | 0 | 3 |
| Rice, Declan | West Ham United | 0 | 3 |
| Richarlison | Everton FC | 0 | 3 |
| Westwood, Ashley | Burnley FC | 0 | 3 |
| Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Pogba, Paul | Manchester United | 7 |
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 6 |
| Jesus, Gabriel | Manchester City | 5 |
| Kovacic, Mateo | Chelsea FC | 5 |
| Doucoure, Abdoulaye | Everton FC | 4 |
| Antonio, Michail | West Ham United | 3 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 3 |
| Benrahma, Said | West Ham United | 3 |
| Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 3 |
| Saint-Maximin, Allan | Newcastle United | 3 |
| Lowton, Matthew | Burnley FC | 3 |
| Rice, Declan | West Ham United | 3 |
| Alexander-Arnold, Trent | Liverpool FC | 3 |
| James, Reece | Chelsea FC | 2 |
| Townsend, Andros | Everton FC | 2 |
| King, Joshua | Watford FC | 2 |
| Ings, Danny | Aston Villa | 2 |
| Gray, Demarai | Everton FC | 2 |
| Mount, Mason | Chelsea FC | 2 |
| Smith-Rowe, Emile | Arsenal FC | 2 |
