Liverpool maintained their 100% document on this season’s Champions League and delight in a wholesome lead on the extinguish of the standings after a 1-0 get at Girona on Tuesday, with the excellent goal of the game coming from Mohamed Salah’s 2nd-half of penalty.
A sixth get from six locations Liverpool, already assured as a minimal a playoff location before kickoff, on 18 aspects, 5 before Bayer Leverkusen, Aston Villa, Inter Milan and Brest, while Girona are in thirtieth location on three aspects.
Girona suffered their fifth defeat of the competitors nevertheless made Liverpool work for the victory and in the gap half of had possibilities to take cling of the lead nevertheless had been foiled by the guests’ keeper Alisson.
Liverpool struggled in opposition to a aspect delighted to chill out and bide their time, nevertheless chanced on the step forward from the penalty location with Salah converting in the 63rd minute after Luis Diaz used to be fouled.
“Six wins out of six, that it’s most likely you’ll now not demand for seriously greater than that. Or now not it’s far rarely easy to build or there would be more groups doing it,” Liverpool defender Andy Robertson acknowledged.
“Now we delight in conducted considerable greater than tonight, we weren’t at our greatest stage, nevertheless at this level or now not it’s a pair of hit the video games and securing qualification.”
Girona had been pinned aid in the gap minutes by Liverpool’s strain, with the guests growing two early possibilities.
Defender Joe Gomez used to be denied his first goal for Liverpool by a response keep from Paulo Gazzaniga from a shut-range header, with the keeper also saving a shot from Darwin Nunez minutes later.
Girona, with every participant in the aid of the ball, had been delighted to break on the counter-assault and Liverpool keeper Alisson, making his first appearance since early October after a hamstring agonize, used to be soon known as into action.
Daley Blind completely overlooked a irascible on the edge of the six-yard field nevertheless the ball fell to Alejandro Frances and Alisson held his effort on the 2nd try, and later punched away a shot from Miguel Gutierrez.
“We competed toe to toe, we had our possibilities and, smartly, we delight in to procure that we misplaced,” Girona’s Frances acknowledged.
“Or now not it’s far time to transfer on. The important thing used to be to thrill in possibilities in opposition to a immense team and we had them.”
Nunez had one more effort saved when build through by Salah and Girona spoke back with a shot from exterior the condo by Yaser Asprilla which Alisson parried away for a corner, with Girona growing in self perception.
Alisson used to be again all in favour of the gap seconds of the 2nd half of, saving from Arnaut Danjuma and Liverpool struggled to crumple a stubborn Girona defence before a Donny van de Beek nefarious on Diaz gave Salah his likelihood from the location.
Salah overlooked a penalty in Liverpool’s final Champions League sport in opposition to Real Madrid, nevertheless made no mistake this time sending the keeper the atrocious system and the ball into the bottom corner.
Girona by no system in actuality appeared admire finding an equaliser with Liverpool inserting ahead possession seriously greater than in the gap half of and leaving the Estadi Montilivi with all three aspects.
