The Liverpool Champion is five points clear at the top of the Premier League after a 7-0 away goal from Crystal Palace while Arsenal’s troubles continued with a 2-1 loss at second-placed Everton on Saturday.
Manchester City got back into winning streaks with a 1-0 win at Southampton in form while Newcastle United were held to a 1-1 draw at home to face Fulham.
Liverpool have 31 points from 14 games with Everton five points behind and Tottenham Hotspur, who host Leicester City on Sunday, another point back.
Juergen Klopp ‘s side had not won away from home in the league since September but broke that dry spell in stunning fashion, recording the biggest ever win away with Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah each. scoring twice.
Japan’s Takumi Minamino rewarded Juergen Klopp’s decision to start ahead of Salah by scoring after just over two minutes and then Sadio Mane made two when he turned and fired home from the edge of the box. box in the 35th.
Firmino added a third just before the break, flicking home to end a brilliant Liverpool counter-attack that swept the length of the pitch, and Jordan Henderson added the fourth seven minutes into the second half as Palace, managed. with former Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson, he fell.
Firmino scored his second with a superb scoring effort in the 68th and Salah went on to score with a header before brilliantly firing a shot into the top corner five minutes from the end. .
“Everything is enjoyable; everything is good about this game,” Klopp said.
“It was really hard to play against us today, I would say. And then they would all put on their finishing boots and when you have that it’s really hard,” the German said. .
Arsenal ‘s worst start to a season in 46 years does not indicate that it is coming to an end after another poor result for underweight manager Mikel Arteta.
Colombia’s Yerry Mina grabbed the winner with a header from a corner on the stroke at half-time after taking Nicolas Pepe’s penalty to the Gunners level after Everton’s opening from Rob Holding’s own goal.
“It’s not good enough, it’s not good enough for the standards of this football club and this is the challenge,” Arteta said.
Everton, with three straight winners, will be looking back at good form early in his season after a trembling spell.
“I think we are doing very well this season. We are in a good position on the record, “said manager Carlo Ancelotti.
“We’ve shown in the last three games a lot of consistency and a lot of spirit, so you have to be happy with what we’re doing now,” he said.
Raheem Sterling scored the decisive goal for Manchester City in the 16th minute, replacing a low cross from Kevin De Bruyne while Southampton injury striker Danny Ings left before breaking with a turbulent fumble.
City, who were held at home by West Bromwich Albion low on Tuesday, were again struggling in front of goal but continued to look hard at the back.
“Defensively we were excellent. Last season we struggled a lot. Ruben (Dias) has helped us a lot. John (Clachan) in the last few games has been outstanding, “manager Pep Guardiola said.
Callum Wilson’s penalty for Newcastle blocked Matt Ritchie’s own goal that put Fulham ahead at St James ’Park.
The result lifted Fulham out of the relegation arena as they moved one place up to 17 on 10 points from 14 games with a better goal difference to Burnley in 18th place who have two games in hand.