{"id":1824,"date":"2019-02-28T10:21:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/crisis-over-liverpools-mane-of-the-moment-settles-title-jitters\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:21:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:21:40","slug":"crisis-over-liverpools-mane-of-the-moment-settles-title-jitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=1824","title":{"rendered":"Crisis over! Liverpool's Mane of the moment settles title jitters"},"content":{"rendered":"
The winger scored for the fourth Premier League game in a row to set the Reds on their way to a 3-0 win over Bournemouth that puts them back on top <\/div>\n
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Liverpool\u2019s mini-crisis is over.<\/p>\n

After two draws \u2013 yes, that constitutes a mini-crisis these days \u2013 Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side are back on track, and back on top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Just as importantly, they looked back to their old selves in dispatching Bournemouth at Anfield.<\/p>\n

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Eddie Howe\u2019s team may have been useful opponents \u2013 this was their eighth successive away defeat in the league \u2013 but the manner in which the Reds cruised to a 3-0 victory here suggests that reports of their demise, as most suspected, were greatly exaggerated.<\/p>\n

This was their 20th win from 26 league games, and it was achieved in a style which suggests the disappointment of Leicester and West Ham is already forgotten. Those seeking to crown Manchester City as champions will have to wait.<\/p>\n

Klopp had insisted in the build-up to this game that talk of pressure and nerves was irrelevant as far as his players were concerned. \u201cOur only tool,\u201d he said, \u201cis football.\u201d<\/p>\n

They used it well here, scoring picture-book goals courtesy of Gini Wijnaldum and Mohamed Salah, after Sadio Mane had headed them into a 24th-minute lead.<\/p>\n

That strike meant the Senegal star has now scored in four successive Premier League games for the first time in his career. With a dozen league goals, he is now level with Eden Hazard and closing on Harry Kane, Sergio Aguero and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s some going. Salah has been Liverpool\u2019s headline-grabber over the past 18 months, but Mane\u2019s consistency, and his importance to this title challenge, must not be underestimated.<\/p>\n

Hungry, selfless and deadly, the 26-year-old represents everything that is good about Klopp\u2019s side. His ovation as he left the field here, replaced late on by Divock Origi, was both rapturous and deserved.<\/p>\n

His goal, headed emphatically past Artur Boruc from James Milner\u2019s right-wing cross, was exactly what the Reds needed after a dominant opening.<\/p>\n

Mane had netted the opener in this fixture last season, and his goal here allowed Liverpool to play with the freedom and energy that was conspicuous by its absence at West Ham last Monday.<\/p>\n

Wijnaldum\u2019s goal, his first at Anfield since October 2017, encapsulated that.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Dutchman, restored to the side after a minor knee injury, had brought drive and composure to proceedings, and both were in evidence on 34 minutes as he broke the lines to latch onto Andy Robertson\u2019s astute pass, bring the ball down with one touch and then, with his second, lift a gorgeous effort over Artur Boruc and into the net.<\/p>\n

Think Robert Pires against Peter Schmeichel, and you\u2019re pretty much there.<\/p>\n

It would take some goal to top that, but one arrived three minutes into the second half as Liverpool turned on the style once more.<\/p>\n

Naby Keita, impressive in a midfield three, weighted a fine pass through for Roberto Firmino, who had run in behind Nathan Ake.<\/p>\n

As Bournemouth closed down the shot, the Brazilian produced a sublime back-heeled flick into the path of Salah, who stroked home his 20th goal of the campaign. Some one-season wonder, the Egyptian.<\/p>\n

There could have been more, Salah striking the bar at the Kop End and Keita missing a chance for his first Reds goal soon after.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth had threatened in the first minute through Ryan Fraser, but rarely thereafter. Liverpool were able to see out the clean sheet, their first here since Boxing Day, in relative comfort.<\/p>\n

By the end, Anfield was in party mode. \u2018Liverpool, Liverpool, top of the league\u2019 they sang.<\/p>\n

After the questions and the concerns and the worries and the panic of the past week, they deserved a moment of indulgence.<\/p>\n

Rocky Balboa still packs a punch, eh. Who knew?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The winger scored for the fourth Premier League game in a row to set the Reds on their way to a 3-0 win over Bournemouth that puts them back on top Liverpool\u2019s mini-crisis is over. After two draws \u2013 yes, that constitutes a mini-crisis these days \u2013 Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side are back on track, and … <\/p>\n

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