Liverpool vs Sheffield United LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Alexis Mac Allister wins it
Jurgen Klopp’s men will move back to the top of the table with a victory over the Blades
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Your support makes all the difference.Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister scored the crucial goal which helped return Liverpool to the top of the Premier League and ease any nerves about an early wobble in the title run-in.
Jurgen Klopp’s side were by far the better team against Sheffield United but had to sweat for their 3-1 victory, with a top-class strike from the Argentinian with 14 minutes to go giving them control. Darwin Nunez’s 18th of the season – courtesy of a mistake from goalkeeper Ivo Grbic – had given the hosts a 17th-minute lead, only for Conor Bradley’s own goal just after half-time to ratchet up the tension.
The classy Mac Allister, one of the most composed players on the pitch, relieved that and substitute Cody Gakpo’s late effort was an added boost to the goal difference which could yet be crucial.
Follow all the reaction below plus get the latest odds and tips for the Premier League here:
Liverpool vs Sheffield United - LIVE
Team news is on the way shortly.
Curtis Jones has an outside chance of featuring for Liverpool, for the first time since 17 February. However, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alisson are still on the long-term absentee list. There is more positive news however, and Ibrahima Konate and Ryan Gravenberch could be fit enough to be included in the starting line-up.
For the Blades, George Baldock and Tom Davies are not expected to recover from injury in time to be available.
Predicted line-ups
Liverpool XI: Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Gomez; Endo, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Nunez, Diaz
Sheffield United XI: Grbic, Holgate, Ahmedhodzic, Robinson, Bogle, Vini Souza, Hamer, Norwood, Osborn, McAtee, Brereton Diaz
Liverpool vs Sheffield United - LIVE
The Reds have won 12 of their 15 home league games this season, scoring 40 times along the way - more than any other club on home soil.
Sheffield United, meanwhile, are sitting on a record of one win in 14 away this term, scoring 12, conceding32.
One way traffic tonight?
Liverpool vs Sheffield United
Liverpool are five goals away from scoring 700 under Jurgen Klopp in league fixtures.
Perfect home form must come as standard if Liverpool are to triumph in title fight
Having watched both Arsenal and Manchester City pick up routine, almost effortless wins in midweek, the Premier League title gauntlet is laid back down for Liverpool to go on and do the same on Thursday, against Sheffield United.
The Premier League’s bottom club should not, in all fairness, be the ones to force the first big upset in the sprint finish, but the top flight does have a habit of throwing up unexpected results when the pressure builds most.
Not, however, on home soil for the biggest teams.
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hails Mohamed Salah composure despite missed chances
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has no worries about Mohamed Salah’s misfires in front of goal because he keeps coming up with important moments when they need them most after his second-half winner against Brighton returned the Reds to the top of the Premier League.
Luis Diaz’s volley just before the half-hour allowed the hosts to recover from Brighton striker Danny Welbeck’s opener inside 90 seconds, but the Reds needed a clear head and a clinical touch from their Egypt international to secure a 2-1 victory.
Salah had 12 attempts on goal, his most in a Premier League match and the most on record by a Liverpool player in the competition.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hails Mohamed Salah composure despite missed chances
Match-winner Salah had 12 shots against Brighton.
Liverpool vs Sheffield United
Sheffield United’s solitary Premier League away victory this season was 3-1 against Luton in February. They have drawn their previous two league games so could be on track for a famous win this evening.
Klopp not aware of Liverpool’s ‘favourites’ tag
Liverpool are the current favourites to win the Premier League title following the goalless draw between Arsenal and Manchester City at the weekend.
That result left the Reds with a two-point lead over the Gunners who have since jumped back above them in the table. The fluctuations of the title are not something Jurgen Klopp is focusing on and says that the next match is all that matters.
“It’s obviously nothing we are really aware of. The situation for us is Sheffield United and not who is the favourite,” he said, “I am pretty sure when we lost at Arsenal we were not favourites after that matchday. Maybe rightly so or not, I don’t know and I don’t care.
“I think I said in the last press conference, one of the most important things to get through this period is just to ignore the outside mess, because that goes up and down and is emotional and all these kind of things. We have to be professional.
“We have to be emotional but in the right way. We have to be the best version of ourselves, we have to try to play the best football we can play and then let’s see what the outcome is.
“There are no guarantees, there are just opportunities. The clearer you see the opportunity, the more likely you can take it. That’s it.”
Liverpool vs Sheffield United
Liverpool’s only defeat in 39 home league games against newly promoted sides came against Fulham in March 2021. They have won 32 and drawn six such matches during that time.
The 0-0 draw against Manchester United in December is Liverpool’s only clean sheet in the last nine home league matches.
Roberto De Zerbi fails Anfield audition as Mohamed Salah continues Liverpool’s title charge
He was bold, he was brash, but Roberto De Zerbi’s Anfield audition did little to convince a sceptical audience he has what it takes to succeed Jurgen Klopp as the Liverpool title charge rumbled on at Anfield on Sunday.
The Brighton boss set things up perfectly pre-match, insisting he is not sure where his future lies beyond this season, with Manchester United another potential destination.
Given his lack of managing at the very top level, the doubters needed to see something special from Brighton on Sunday, a lesson on par with that they put on at Old Trafford earlier this season, to convince them the Italian is Klopp’s rightful heir.
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