Liverpool vs Cardiff City: Reds finish with a flurry to kill off Neil Warnock's men
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool moved back to the top of the Premier League as Neil Warnock's assessment of Cardiff's hopes at Anfield proved accurate.
Warnock delivered a startling admission that trying to get a result on Merseyside was "virtually impossible" on the eve of the fixture, and his Bluebirds side rarely looked like proving him wrong.
Sadio Mane's brace, plus Mohamed Salah's strike and substitute Xherdan Shaqiri's first goal for the club sealed a 4-1 victory which was enough to move Liverpool three points clear of Manchester City.
The only blemish for Liverpool came when Cardiff striker Callum Paterson scored a scrappy goal, dashing the Reds' hopes of extending their run of clean sheets in the top-flight at home to 10 matches.
Paterson's effort seemed to set up a grandstand finish but in truth Cardiff were comfortably second best, with only two attempts at goal, in stark contrast to 19 from Liverpool, who enjoyed 80 per cent possession.
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GOAL! Liverpool 4-1 Cardiff (Mane)
87 minutes
The floodgates have opened! Mane is played through by Salah and dinks the ball over Etheridge to make it four.
GOAL! Fulham 0-3 Bournemouth (Wilson)
85 minutes
It's another bad day for Fulham. Wilson gets his second and Bournemouth's third at Craven Cottage.
Liverpool 4-1 Cardiff
90 minutes
Cardiff might feel unfortunate to have fallen three goals behind. It certainly hasn't been the drubbing many might have expected. But Liverpool's quality in the final third has, in the end, proved the difference.
Three minutes of added time.
Full time: Liverpool 4-1 Cardiff
That's it. Liverpool, as expected, secure a comfortable win over Cardiff, thanks to goals from Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Xherdan Shaqiri.
Top of the league
Liverpool move three points clear at the top of the Premier League, at least until Monday when Manchester City meet Spurs. It's been an impressive start to the season.
If there was a positive for Cardiff today, it's that they ended a long-standing record:
Premier League results
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southampton 0-0 Newcastle United
Liverpool 4-1 Cardiff City
Fulham 0-3 AFC Bournemouth
Watford 3-0 Huddersfield Town
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