Ruthless Liverpool crush Red Devils at Anfield

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By Michael Danquah | 2:20 am


Hello 🤩 sports lovers, welcome back to the home of football news.

It has been a busy week of football action across Europe, and last night was a thrilling night for Liverpool who recorded emphatic victories as well as Villarreal, Chelsea and others.

The six-times champions league winners were ruthless as they hammered Manchester United 4-0 at the Anfield Stadium, to go two points clear ahead of Manchester City on top of the English Premier league table.

Mohammed Salah took his goal tally to 22 goals after bagging a brace that ensured the comprehensive victory for the Reds who were impressive throughout the encounter. Porto import Luiz Diaz, and Sadio Mane completed the rout in fashion.


Earlier last week, Cristiano Ronaldo's stunning free-kick, and 60th career hat-trick against Norwich City had raised the hopes of the Red Devils until the announcement of the death of his son on Monday.

Chelsea also picked up a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace at Wembley to advance into the FA Cup final against Liverpool slated for 15 May 2022.

The Blues in joyful mood 



They will host 6th placed Arsenal at the Stamford bridge later today in another league match.

Elsewhere, Karim Benzema's late winner against Sevilla earned him his 39th goal in 39 appearances for Real Madrid this season. His late goal sealed a spirited 2-3 comeback win for the league leaders away from home.

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In the same vein, Barcelona's woes ensued following a shocking 0-1 defeat at home to Cadiz.

Away from Europe to Africa 

The draw for the 2023 AFCON qualifiers was held last night, with interesting group pairings to note.



The first two matchday of the qualifiers are set to take place between 30 May and 14 June. Matchday three and four will then be held between 19 and 27 September.
The final two rounds will then take place between 20 and 28 March 2023.

Meanwhile, the AFCON U-20 qualifying pairings had earlier taken place, with defending champions, Black Satellites of Ghana 🇬🇭 pitched against their Nigerian counterparts, the Flying Eagles in group B



The top teams in the tournament will qualify for the competition to be held in Egypt from February 18, 2023 to March 12, 2023.

The top four teams from the Egypt tournament will then qualify to play in the FIFA U-20 World Cup which will be staged in Indonesia later in 2023.

The U-17 AFCON qualifiers WAFU Zone B draw was also made in the same vein with Ghana 🇬🇭 pitched once more against arch-rivals Nigeria 🇳🇬 in Group A.






The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals.

The championship, which serves as qualifiers for the 2023 edition of U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, will be hosted in the Ghanaian city of Cape Coast.

It will be staged from Saturday June 11 to Friday June 24, 2022.

That's all we've got for now, there's more to follow..

Keep in touch with us for more news updates.

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