Liverpool end losing run after 2-0 win against Sheffield United
Curtis Jones is the youngest Liverpool player to score away from Anfield in the Premier League since Raheem Sterling against Burnley in December 2014 - Opta Joe
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Liverpool ended their four-match losing run and moved to within two points of the top four with a 2-0 win at Sheffield United.
It's defeat at the Lane.
— Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) February 28, 2021
The heroics of Sheff Utd goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale had frustrated Liverpool as he made five first-half saves, including two in as many minutes to deny Mohamed Salah and Georginio Wijnaldum.
Liverpool eventually found a way past Ramsdale on 48 minutes when Phil Jagielka's clearance from a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross fell invitingly for Jones to stroke in just his second Premier League goal.
Oliver McBurnie then passed up a great chance to equalise, heading Oliver Norwood’s cross wide, before Liverpool made their hosts pay.
Roberto Firmino danced through the Sheff Utd defence and hit a shot that deflected in off Kean Bryan for an own goal.
21 - Sheffield United suffered their 21st Premier League defeat of the season, with the Blades the first side since Newport County in the fourth tier in 1970-71 to lose as many as 21 of their first 26 matches in an English Football League season. Bleak. pic.twitter.com/lpnKsxKRer
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 28, 2021
The win could have been greater had Mohamed Salah not missed an open goal from a tight angle late on.
Liverpool move a point behind fifth-placed Chelsea, their next opponents, while Sheff Utd stay bottom, 15 points from safety.
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