Luis Diaz was dominant throughout Saturday's Merseyside Derby, drawing Ashley Young into yellow cards and then winning a penalty from which Mohamed Salah scored the first of his two goals in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Everton at Anfield
The Colombian was dominant throughout, drawing Ashley Young into two yellow cards, then winning the penalty from which the Reds broke the deadlock
Liverpool moved to the top of the Premier League table, at least for a few hours, after a double from Mohamed Salah secured a hard-fought 2-0 win over Everton in what was a controversial Merseyside Derby at Anfield on Saturday.after making a reckless slide tackle on Luis Diaz and receiving a second yellow card, having previously tripped the Colombia international for his first boking.
Ibrahima Konate, though, was fortunate not to be shown a red card himself for two very similar offences in the second halfLiverpool were given a penalty shortly afterwards, as Michael Keane was punished for handballing a Diaz cross, and Salah stepped up and to fire beyond Jordan Pickford. And as Everton attempted to pour forward and rescue something from the game, Liverpool broke away, with Darwin Nunez playing in Salah to score the Reds' second goal in stoppage-time.
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