Liverpool spark Anfield party
London, Monday
Liverpool turned on the style for their returning fans on Sunday, beating Wolves 4-0 to join Tottenham at the top of the Premier League after another episode of the Son Heung-min and Harry Kane show.
Jurgen Klopp’s men had not had the chance to play in front of their supporters since they ended their 30-year wait to be crowned English champions but made up for lost time.
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” rang out around Anfield as 2,000 home fans -- the maximum allowed under coronavirus rules -- witnessed strikes from Mohamed Salah, Georginio Wijnaldum, Joel Matip and an own goal.
Earlier, Jose Mourinho’s Spurs beat faltering Arsenal 2-0 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Leicester, who ended the day in fourth spot, struck late to beat rock-bottom Sheffield United 2-1.
Liverpool and Wolves both looked dangerous on the counter-attack in the early stages of the late game at Anfield, with the home side taking the lead when Salah capitalised on an error by Wolves captain Conor Coady.
Wijnaldum made it 2-0 with a wonderful curled finish shortly before the hour mark and Matip put the game beyond Wolves with a close-range header before the late own goal from Nelson Semedo.
Liverpool have now won 31 of their past 32 home league games, scoring 93 goals while conceding just 25.
“The game, the atmosphere, it was so nice I had goosebumps,” an emotional Klopp told the BBC.
“They started ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ -- really nice. I never knew it could feel that good.
“This started in February and we were waiting to get normality back. Normality is good -- I don’t think we appreciated it as much. It was very, very touching.” - AFP
