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.
Toffees defender Ashley Young was sent off in the 37th minute 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 half, which should have evened up the teams, but the Reds centre-back somehow escaped.
Liverpool 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.
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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