Izuchukwu Okosi
Liverpool came from a goal down to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 and temporarily take leadership of the Premier League until at least Arsenal play Aston Villa tonight at Villa Park.
Palace finished the game with 10 men as Ghana international Andre Ayew received the marching orders for a second yellow card in the second half.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelMohamed Salah scored his 200th goal for the Reds at Selhurst Park to equalise for Jurgen Klopp’s men after Palace went ahead through a penalty converted by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Salah’s 14th goal this term made him the fifth player to score 200 for Liverpool in all competitions after Ian Rush (346), Roger Hunt (285), Gordon Hodgson (241) and Billy Liddell (228).
In his 247th Premier League appearance, the Egypt star who is in the running for the African Footballer of The Year award along with Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Ashraf Hakimi of Morocco also reached 150 goals in the competition, including two goals scored for Chelsea, putting him in the all-time top-10 list level alongside Michael Owen.
Liverpool then made victory certain when second half substitute Harvey Elliott’s rasping shot just outside the box beat goalkeeper Jon Matthews in stoppage time.
The 2019/2020 Premier League champions have gone games against Manchester United and Arsenal before Christmas as a chance to consolidate their position.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
