Sheffield United 0-2 Liverpool: Reds hit 7,000th league goal to close on top four
Liverpool ended a run of four successive Premier League defeats and scored their 7,000th top-flight goal during a victory at Sheffield United that moves them within two points of a Champions League place.
Blades goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale produced a string of fine saves to frustrate Liverpool in the first half as the Reds’ recent lack of cutting edge in front of goal looked set to continue.
But 20-year-old Curtis Jones showed the clinical touch his team-mates had been missing to break the hosts’ resolve shortly after the interval.
Roberto Firmino’s effort then deflected off Kean Bryan and over a stranded Ramsdale as Liverpool doubled their lead with the club’s 7,000th goal in England’s top division.
The Reds are only the second team to achieve that landmark, after Merseyside rivals Everton who have scored 7,108.
The victory keeps Jurgen Klopp’s side sixth in the table and they are now two points behind West Ham in fourth.
Sheffield United were competitive throughout and Oliver McBurnie may have done better when he headed wide while unmarked from Oliver Norwood’s cross.
But the bottom-placed Blades will now have to produce an unprecedented recovery if they are to remain in the Premier League this season.
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Line-ups
Sheff Utd
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Ramsdale
- 22Ampadu
- 15JagielkaSubstituted forOsbornat 56′minutes
- 29Bryan
- 2Baldock
- 7Lundstram
- 16Norwood
- 4FleckSubstituted forSharpat 80′minutes
- 3Stevens
- 17McGoldrickSubstituted forBurkeat 56′minutes
- 9McBurnie
Substitutes
- 10Sharp
- 11Mousset
- 13Lowe
- 14Burke
- 18Foderingham
- 23Osborn
- 24Brewster
- 34Ndiaye
- 35Maguire
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 13Adrián
- 66Alexander-Arnold
- 47Phillips
- 19Kabak
- 26Robertson
- 6Thiago AlcántaraSubstituted forMilnerat 76′minutes
- 5Wijnaldum
- 17JonesSubstituted forKeitaat 80′minutes
- 11Salah
- 9Firmino
- 10Mané
Substitutes
- 7Milner
- 8Keita
- 15Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 23Shaqiri
- 27Origi
- 46R Williams
- 75Ojrzynski
- 76N Williams
- 98Hughes
Live Text
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Match ends, Sheffield United 0, Liverpool 2.
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Second Half ends, Sheffield United 0, Liverpool 2.
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Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by John Lundstram (Sheffield United).
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Attempt saved. Oliver Burke (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ethan Ampadu.
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Foul by Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool).
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Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, Sheffield United. Enda Stevens tries a through ball, but Oliver McBurnie is caught offside.
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Substitution, Sheffield United. Billy Sharp replaces John Fleck.
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Substitution, Liverpool. Naby Keita replaces Curtis Jones.
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Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
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Attempt saved. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a cross.
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Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Thiago.
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Attempt missed. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
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Thiago (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Oliver Burke (Sheffield United).
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Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by George Baldock (Sheffield United).
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Attempt missed. Oliver Burke (Sheffield United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Oliver Norwood.
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Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Nathaniel Phillips.
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