Only three things seem inevitable in life: death, taxes, and Mohamed Salah’s goal and assist in the same game! Once again, the Egyptian noted the popular G+A, and it took him only 37 minutes to accomplish that! Moreover, he reached 50 goal contributions this season in all competitions and, most importantly, helped Liverpool take one of the crucial steps towards the Premier League title – 2-0After breaking the deadlock himself following the Reds’ corner-kick “special,” Salah set the goal to Dominik Szoboszlai eight minutes before the break, and the Cityzens were knocked down. For the remainder of the match, Liverpool were getting the job done, as the Etihad crew without Erling Haaland did not look dangerous.Mohamed Salah has now scored AND assisted in 11 Premier League games this season.That’s the most by a player in a single season in one of Europe’s big five leagues since Lionel Messi for Barcelona in 2014/15 (11). 🐐 pic.twitter.com/sDWGbpf7tz— Squawka (@Squawka) February 23, 2025 The possible Egyptian showdown in the first half turned out to be a one-man show! On the one hand, the unstoppable Mohamed Salah noted a goal and an assist already before the break, opening the scoring after 14 minutes! Following a fantastic corner-kick combination and Nathan Ake’s slight help, given that the ball rebounded off the Dutchman after Salah’s shot and tricked Ederson.⚽️ GOAL: Salah🏴 Manchester City 0-1 Liverpoolpic.twitter.com/ax5vBtYbF2— Goals Xtra (@GoalsXtra) February 23, 2025 🚨🏴 GOAL | Manchester City 0-2 Liverpool | SzoboszlaiSZOBOSZLAI DOUBLES THE LEAD FOR LIVERPOOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!pic.twitter.com/W2quqQzhYg— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) February 23, 2025 Seven minutes before the break, Liverpool’s Pharaoh assisted Dominik Szoboszlai in a hasty counter, as the Hungarian doubled the Reds’ lead. On the other hand, in the meantime, Salah’s compatriot, Omar Marmoush, could have levelled and made things interesting, but his 31st-minute goal was disallowed for offside.Magpies ravaged the Forest in NewcastlePep Guardiola and his men’s poor performance continued after the break, but they were lucky enough not to suffer a genuine catastrophe before the hour mark, as Curtis Jones found the net in the 56th minute, but the passer, Szoboszlai, was offside.##NAJAVA_MECA_8726826##As the end of the game approached, Arne Slot’s crew was more and more focused on defending the advantage, leaving the ball to the home team. Still, even that did not help the Cityzens, as they barely threatened over Jeremy Doku and Marmoush, but there was no player who could compensate Erling Haaland’s absence.Following the triumph at Etihad, Liverpool firmly top the Premier League table with 11 points ahead of Arsenal, though the Reds played one game more. Conversely, Man City are fourth, but their battle for the UCL will be much more interesting.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 26Friday Leicester – Brentford 0-4 (0-3)/Wissa 17, Mbeumo 27, Norgaard 32, Carvalho 89/Saturday Everton – Manchester United 2-2 (2-0)/Beto 17, Doucoure 32 – Fernandes 72, Ugarte 80/Arsenal – West Ham 0-1 (0-1)/Bowen 44/Bournemouth – Wolves 0-1 (0-1)/Cunha 36/Fulham – Crystal Palace 0-2 (0-1)/Andersen 37 og, Munoz 66/Ipswich – Tottenham 1-4 (1-2)/Hutchinson 36 – Johnson 18, 26, Spence 77, Kulusevski 84/Southampton – Brighton 0-4 (0-1)/Pedro 23, Rutter 56, Mitoma 71, Hinshelwood 82/Aston Villa – Chelsea 2-1 (0-1)/Asensio 47, 89 – Fernandez 9/Sunday Newcastle – Nott.Forest 4-3 (4-1)/Miley 23, Murphy 25, Isak 33 pen, 34 – Hudson-Odoi 6, Milenkovic 63, Yates 90/Man.City – Liverpool 0-2 (0-2)/Salah 14, Szoboszlai 37/
