Sunday, 21 April 2019

Wijnaldum rocket keeps Reds' title push going

There is a relentlessness about this title race that it is impossible not to admire. Liverpool, playing catch up after Manchester City’s victory 24 hours earlier, once again did everything that was asked of them to regain top spot and leave their rivals with no margin for error ahead of Wednesday’s derby at Old Trafford.


The pressure was there for all to see and so was the relief on a day when Liverpool had to stay patient, hold their nerve and find a way to win a game that had frustrated them for the best part of an hour. In the end, Jurgen Klopp’s players came up with the answer themselves during a half-time conversation in the dressing room that led to the clever set-piece routine that broke Cardiff’s resistance.
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