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Premier League as it happened: Liverpool vs Watford and more

Reaction: Klopp says Salah is on his way to being Liverpool's Messi

Liam Corless
Saturday 17 March 2018 14:49 EDT
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Another weekend, another programme of Premier League football to get stuck into. Today there are just four league games on offer – with a further two FA Cup fixtures, which you can follow here – with Liverpool vs Watford the final game of the day.


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Saturday’s Premier League fixtures:

Bournemouth 2-1 West Brom

Huddersfield 0-2 Crystal Palace

Stoke 1-2 Everton

Liverpool 17:30 Watford

GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Watford (Salah, 4)

It's that man again!

Mo Salah collects the ball on the edge of the area before gliding past Miguel Britos and slotting home from close range with his right foot. 

Lovely solo goal.

Liam Corless17 March 2018 17:35

7' - Mo Salah almost finds himself in on goal again after a good off-the-ball run but Jordan Henderson's through pass has a little too much on it and Orestis Karnezis rushes off his line collect the ball ahead of the Egyptian.

Liam Corless17 March 2018 17:39

The moment Mo Salah slotted Liverpool into the lead 

Liam Corless17 March 2018 17:40

13' - It's been all Liverpool so far in this one and Watford are currently struggling to just get out of their own half.

Liam Corless17 March 2018 17:44

18' - All pretty dull stuff at Anfield at the moment, to be honest. Liverpool are comfortable but they've not produced much going forward since Mo Salah's wonderful early opener.

Liam Corless17 March 2018 17:50

Liam Corless17 March 2018 17:52

23' - Anyone else tired? No? Just me? It must be this match that I'm watching.

Anfield is very, very flat right now and that's understandable given how this game is going. Usually a match will open up after an early goal but the opposite seems to have happened here.

Liam Corless17 March 2018 17:56

27' - Liverpool's Emre Can is forced off with what looks like a back injury and James Milner is on in his place.

Liam Corless17 March 2018 17:58

Mo Salah celebrates with Virgil van Dijk after opening the scoring for Liverpool 

Liam Corless17 March 2018 17:59

31' - We're a third of the way through this match now and we've still only had one shot on target.

We have just seen a lovely nut-meg on Sadio Mane by Roberto Pereyra, though.

Liam Corless17 March 2018 18:03

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