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Salah double helps Liverpool beat Atletico 3-2

October 20, 2021 / 6:42 AM
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Sharjah24 – Reuters: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah netted a double, including the winner, as they secured a 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid, whose forward Antoine Griezmann also scored twice but was sent off in a gripping Champions League clash on Tuesday.
Salah fired home the winner from the spot after Griezmann had seen red for a dangerous high boot, but the action was not over in a compelling encounter, with Atletico awarded a penalty of their own, before it was overturned following a VAR review.

The win kept Liverpool top in Group B on nine points, five ahead of second-placed Atletico and Porto in third, with AC Milan pointless at the foot of the table.

"Honestly, how you win it, I couldn't care less. The dirty ones are the really important ones. When we are flying we win the games anyway, but on a night like this getting three points is really massive," Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp told BT Sport.

Salah opened the scoring with a deflected effort in the eighth minute and Naby Keita added a second with a thunderous volley five minutes later as Liverpool looked set to crush Diego Simeone's side.
October 20, 2021 / 6:42 AM

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