{"id":167690,"date":"2023-12-07T01:12:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T00:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=167690"},"modified":"2023-12-07T01:12:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T00:12:30","slug":"clinical-liverpool-spoil-wilder-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/clinical-liverpool-spoil-wilder-homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Liverpool spoil Wilder homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"
Liverpool spoiled Chris Wilder’s Bramall Lane homecoming to remain hot on the heels of Premier League leaders Arsenal.<\/span><\/p>\n Wilder, who led Sheffield United to two promotions in a five-year reign before\u00a0<\/span>an unceremonious departure in 2021,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0received a raucous reaction from the Blades faithful\u00a0<\/span>on his return<\/span><\/a> to the dugout.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n However, Virgil van Dijk swept home a side-footed volley from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s corner to quell the vociferous home support despite Blades appeals he had fouled Anel Ahmedhodzic prior to doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n There was also an element of controversy about the Reds’ second goal in stoppage time as Darwin Nunez’s hefty challenge on Jayden Bogle was deemed fair in the build-up to Dominik Szoboszlai’s cool finish.<\/span><\/p>\n Liverpool, beaten just once in the league this season when their nine men\u00a0<\/span>lost in stoppage time at Tottenham,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0move back to within two points of the table-topping Gunners.<\/span><\/p>\n The Blades, meanwhile, remain bottom, four points from safety, after a 12th loss in 15 league games, although Wilder will take heart from a competitive performance in defeat against the second-placed Reds.<\/span><\/p>\n “It was a very mature and resilient performance,” Reds boss Jurgen Klopp told BBC Match of the Day. “We didn’t let the atmosphere really happen. I think everyone was really ready to go for it and we calmed that down.<\/span><\/p>\n “The first goal was a great goal and the second goal was outstanding – we would have loved to have ended it earlier but we take the three points and keep going.”<\/span><\/p>\n