Liverpool Win At Watford, Remain Unbeaten
Featured, Latest Headlines, Sports News Saturday, November 24th, 2018(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Roberto Firmino ended his English Premier League goal drought and Mohamed Salah also scored as 10-man Liverpool maintained their unbeaten start by winning at Watford 3-0 on Saturday.
Firmino headed in a late third for Liverpool at Vicarage Road, for his first top-flight goal since Sept. 15.
Trent Alexander-Arnold’s brilliant free kick made it 2-0 after Salah opened the scoring – with his sixth goal in his last seven club games – in the 67th minute from Sadio Mane’s cross.
Liverpool will be without Jordan Henderson for next weekend’s Merseyside derby with Everton, however, after the midfielder was sent off for two bookings – the second one coming just after he’d been warned by the referee.
Hard-working Watford will feel aggrieved after referee Jon Moss rejected its penalty claims when Andy Robertson appeared to trip Will Hughes in the second half, when the score was 0-0.
It was far from a vintage Liverpool performance but it remained unbeaten in 13 games and two points behind league leader Manchester City./AP
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