Alexis Mac Allister’s magical assist keeps Liverpool top of the English Premier League

To unlock a closed and complicated game, you need a magic trick. And in those moments, there is no better recipe than Argentine talent. Alexis MacAllister This Sunday he dressed as an assistant so that the Egyptian Mohamed Salah he scored the winning goal in a comeback Liverpool on him Brighton (2-1)which allowed him to remain as Premier League leaderswith eight games left in the season.

The Pampano wore the tuxedo to lead the Reds to victory against his former team, which the Albiceleste youth team joined in the second half. Facundo Goodnight AND Valentine’s Day boat. Mac Allister put on a show from start to finish.

Thus, the world champion in Qatar 2022 expanded his figure to sweep away Brighton’s counterattacks and lead the team led by Jurgen Klopp like a perfectly oiled machine to win the three points. He culminated his performance with a great assist for Salah, who finally broke the deadlock in the second half.

After drawing against Manchester City (1-1) before the FIFA deadline, Liverpool had no margin for error in the fierce title fight with Pep Guardiola’s team and Arsenal. The three, in a handkerchief, exhaust the days and none of them give up in a very balanced clash.

Brighton weren’t exactly the easiest opponent to get the three points. The team led by Roberto De Zerbi still has some chance to reach Europe and has a roster of very vertical and dangerous players capable of putting anyone in difficulty.

One of them, Danny Welbeck, took exactly 1 minute and 27 seconds to surprise Liverpool. On the run, in a counterattack launched by Pascal Gross, the Brighton player finds the ball on the edge of the area and launches an unstoppable right-footed shot for Caoimhín Kelleher. In a flash Liverpool had to row against the tide.

Klopp’s men were not discouraged. Quite the opposite. They managed to strangle Brighton for the rest of the first half. With Alexis MacAllister imperial in midfield and with Mohamed Salah very insistent, Liverpool did not stop their efforts until they hit the key.

Salah could have scored with a venomous shot that grazed Bart Verbruggen’s goal post, but that was it. Luis Diaz who had the task of practically equalizing the score after half an hour. Salah, with his head, finishes a corner kick from outside the area. The ball falls at the feet of Joël Veltman, who makes a mistake in deflecting towards goal and the Colombian striker appears there to score the equaliser.

Liverpool’s goal gave Brighton a break. The “red” cyclone lowered its intensity to take control of the match and return strongly in the second half. The harassment, after going to the locker room, was total. Klopp advanced along the lines, the recoveries in the opponent’s half were constant and the attacking transitions flowed like water.

Mac Allister and Szoboszlai booked with shots from outside the area close to the goal. Also Darwin Núñez, who found Verbruggen’s body at an auction at point-blank range. And finally, Salah finally breaks the uncertainty with an elegant shot from inside the area.

But more than half of the goal came from Mac Allister, who suddenly received a high-quality assist.. With a touch from the edge of the area he breaks all the lines and leaves Salah face to face with Verbruggen. The Egyptian striker does not fail and Liverpool breathes with 25 minutes to go.

However, Brighton had not said the last word. He still had time and weapons to scare Liverpool and was about to surprise with a header from Lewis Dunk which Kelleher saved with a providential hand and with a shot from Adam Lallana which came close to equalising.

This was the final scare for Liverpool, who finally showed a glimmer of vulnerability. In the end the blood didn’t reach the river and Liverpool breathed a sigh of relief.