Salah’s incredible sensational second goal win over Chelsea

A SPECTACULAR strike from Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool maintain their two-point lead over Manchester City in the Premier League title race with a 2-0 win over Chelsea at Anfield yesterday.

City won 3-1 at Crystal Palace earlier, meaning Liverpool have 85 points with four games to go and City are on 83 with an additional match to play.

After a tight and tactical first half, Liverpool broke through in the 51st minute when Jordan Henderson picked out Sadio Mane at the back post and the Senegalese forward confidently headed home.

Anfield erupted two minutes later when Salah scored a sensational second – the Egyptian receiving the ball on the right flank and cutting inside before unleashing an unstoppable drive from 25m out into the far, top corner.

Chelsea responded positively, with David Luiz picking out Eden Hazard with a ball over the top, the Belgian beating the advancing Alisson Becker, only to see his shot bounce out off the post.

Moments later, Becker then had to be alert to keep out a Hazard shot from a Willian cross as Chelsea searched in vain for a way back.

Meanwhile, City forward Raheem Sterling struck twice as the Premier League champions beat Palace at Selhurst Park.

The victory was the ninth straight win for City in the Premier League.

Having missed a chance, Sterling put City ahead in the 15th minute when he ran on to Kevin de Bruyne’s inch-perfect pass from behind the halfway line and fired past goalkeeper Vicente Guaita.

The England international added a second for his 17th league goal of the season after the break, meeting Leroy Sane’s first-time cross into the box with a calm leftfooted finish that wrong-footed Guaita as it rolled in.

Palace ensured a great finish, when Luka Milivojevic scored from a free-kick with nine minutes to go after midfielder James McArthur was brought down on the edge of the penalty area.

City sealed the deal with their third of the match as De Bruyne latched on to a poor pass from defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka before feeding substitute Gabriel Jesus who finished emphatically.

Pep Guardiola’s side now face a crucial 10 days starting with a home game against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday in their Champions League quarter-final second leg, trailing 1-0 from the opening game.