Liverpool maintains perfect record by beating Newcastle
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool maintained its perfect start to the Premier League season after coming from behind to beat Newcastle United 31 at Anfield, before Manchester City slipped to a shock first defeat of the campaign by newly promoted Norwich City yesterday.
Elsewhere on a frantic day of Premier League action, Manchester United earned a first victory since the opening weekend by beating Leicester City 31, while Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur registered emphatic wins.
Having seen Liverpool come from behind to beat Newcastle — the Reds’ 14th consecutive league victory — thanks to goals from Sadio Mane and Mo Salah in the day’s early kickoff, champion City travelled to Norwich five points off the top.
Unbeaten in its last 25 games against newly promoted sides, City was expected to close the gap back to two points with another victory, but Norwich stunned its illustrious opponent with two goals inside 29 minutes to lead 20.
Sergio Aguero edged City back into it just before the break, before a defensive error from Nicolas Otamendi enabled Teemu Pukki to restore Norwich’s twogoal advantage.
Rodri got City back in it late on, but the champion could not find an equaliser as it slipped to a first league defeat since January.
Liverpool looked as if it was in for a difficult time after Anfield was stunned into silence early on, as Jetro Willems thundered Newcastle into a shock lead.
Going behind does not faze a relentless Liverpool side that had won each of the last four league games in which it had conceded first, and soon enough Mane had brilliantly restored parity in the Merseyside sunshine.
Roberto Firmino came off the bench to replace the injured Divock Origi and set up Mane for the second goal, before the