English Premier League

Liverpool vs Watford 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 22': Diogo Jota
  • 89': Fabinho (P)
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2 - 0

Jota, Fabinho send Liverpool top as title pressure cranks up on Manchester City

Liverpool moved top of the Premier League ahead of Manchester City's match at Burnley on Saturday with a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Watford.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 22': Goal! Liverpool 1, Watford 0. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joseph Gomez with a cross.
  • 45'+1': Joseph Gomez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, Watford 0.
  • 59': Cucho Hernández (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 62': Substitution, Liverpool. Fabinho replaces Curtis Jones.
  • 69': Substitution, Liverpool. Sadio Mané replaces Mohamed Salah.
  • 78': Substitution, Watford. Tom Cleverley replaces Imrân Louza.
  • 78': Substitution, Watford. Joshua King replaces João Pedro.
  • 78': Substitution, Watford. Emmanuel Dennis replaces Cucho Hernández.
  • 89': Goal! Liverpool 2, Watford 0. Fabinho (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 90': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Thiago.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Watford 0.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 53,104

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+46 Arsenal 28 64 4
+39 Liverpool 28 64 2
+35 Manchester City 28 63 3
+18 Aston Villa 29 56 7
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Statistics

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8 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 1
3 Corner Kicks 9
1 Saves 2
26.9 Possession 73.1
5 SHOTS 20
2 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
166 Accurate Passes 606
263 Passes 716
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 7
9 Crosses 22
0.2 Cross % 0.3
63 Long Balls 46
14 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.2 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 7
8 Effective Tackles 13
23 Tackles 23
0.3 Tackle % 0.6
14 Interceptions 7
23 Effective Clearances 3
23 Clearances 3

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
32 Joël Matip
26 Andy Robertson
12 Joe Gomez
14 Jordan Henderson
6 Thiago Alcantara
17 Curtis Jones
9 Roberto Firmino
20 Diogo Jota
11 Mohamed Salah

WAT Watford (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Ben Foster (GK)
22 Samir
27 Christian Kabasele
6 Imran Louza
14 Hassane Kamara
21 Kiko Femenía
33 Juraj Kucka
19 Moussa Sissoko
29 Cucho Hernández Yellow Card
23 Ismaïla Sarr
10 João Pedro

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