Salah puts Liverpool on top; Dortmund deals blow on Bayern
Mohamed Salah fired Liverpool to the top of the Premier League after a comeback 21 win over Brighton on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp’s side was rocked by Danny Welbeck’s blistering strike after just 85 seconds at Anfield. Luis Diaz restored order with an equaliser later in the first half, before Salah netted after the interval to seal a vital victory.
Borussia Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich 20 away in “der Klassiker” on Saturday to leave Bayer Leverkusen just three wins away from
Bundesliga time.
Bayern, the 11time defending champion, is now 13 points behind Leverkusen with seven rounds remaining.
Spanish champion Barwinning for the the first celona cut the gap on Real Madrid at the top of LaLiga to five points with a 10 win over 10man Las Palmas on Saturday. Raphinha headed home in the second half to clinch Barcelona’s victory after the visitors had goalkeeper Alvaro Valles dismissed after 24 minutes for a rash foul.
The results: Premier League: Liverpool 2 (Diaz 27, Salah 65) bt Brighton 1 (Welbeck 2).
LaLiga: Celta Vigo 0 drew with Rayo Vallecano 0; Girona 3 (Dovbyk 36-pen, 65, Stuani 90+2) bt Betis 2 (Jose 45+4, 76).
On Saturday: Premier League: Brentford 1 (Ajer 90+9) drew with Manchester United 1 (Mount 90+6). LaLiga: Almeria 0 lost to Osasuna 3 (Arnaiz 2, Budimir 9, Munoz 61); Valencia 0 drew with Mallorca 0; Barcelona 1
(Raphinha 59) bt Las Palmas 0.
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich 0 lost to Borussia Dortmund 2 (Adeyemi 10, Ryerson 83). Serie A: Fiorentina 1 (Duncan 50) lost to AC Milan 2 (Loftus-Cheek 47, Leao 53); Genoa 1 (Gudmundsson 30-pen) drew with Frosinone 1 (Reinier 36); Lazio 1 (Marusic 90+3) bt Juventus 0; Torino 1 (Sanabria 69-pen) bt Monza 0.