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A double by Mohamed Salah placated Liverpool's suffering against a Watford denied in the face of the goal (2-0), and the 'Reds' took another three points that momentarily placed 17 of Manchester City in the Premier League table .

Jürgen Klopp's men, after saving their commitment in the Champions League against Salzburg and moving as first group to eighths, continued with their status and undefeated in the domestic championship and got rid of the colist with more problems than expected.

After 39 complicated minutes in which Liverpool did not knock on the door, Mohamed Salah ahead of his own by taking advantage of a good combination with Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané . The Egyptian defined with a perfect curve with the right leg, his second consecutive goal with his "bad foot", after the impossible target he made against Salzburg with virtually no angle.

From there, the Watford had several occasions to tie, especially at the feet of Ismaila Sarr , some of them made Gerard Deulofeu put his hands at the head of the disbelief of the ruling.

In the second part the script did not vary too much and, although Mané from head to pass Xherdan Shaqiri managed to put the second, the VAR decreed that he had been offside for a few centimeters and prevented the whole of the newly renovated Jürgen Klopp from closing more calmly the encounter until the discount, when Salah, with a touch of heel, sentenced with his ninth goal in the league.

The 'Reds' settle in the leadership of the Premier with 49 points, nine more than Leicester City and 17 more than Manchester City, although these two teams have yet to play their matches this day. The European champion may already focus on the Club World Cup, which he will play next week in Qatar.

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