Second half<\/p>\n
Trai Hume’s driven shot over the bar five minutes after the restart was the first opening of note once the action resumed.<\/p>\n
Wirtz was again involved in Liverpool’s forward play, seeing a low shot blocked on the edge of the box following a spell of possession.<\/p>\n
The two teams then traded chances, with Mukiele drilling wide before Salah had a chance blocked after a clever cutback from Hugo Ekitike.<\/p>\n
It was a corner that led to the breakthrough in the game via the head of Van Dijk just after the hour mark.<\/p>\n
Liverpool’s captain jumped highest at a Salah delivery to glance the ball home, with Habib Diarra attempting to clear away from underneath the crossbar.<\/p>\n
The defender’s efforts fell short, though, sparking celebrations for the travelling supporters.<\/p>\n
Shortly after, the Reds were forced into their first change of the evening, with Endo replaced by Gomez due to an injury.<\/p>\n
Ekitike then lifted a chance over the bar from a tight angle in an attempt to double the lead, while Enzo Le Fee saw a header fly over the bar.<\/p>\n
The Reds No.22 again sent an opportunity the wrong side of the post, directing a header wide from an Andy Robertson delivery from the left wing.<\/p>\n
Substitute Curtis Jones also flashed a dipping shot over the frame of the goal in the closing stages, with Liverpool driving on the break after Sunderland committed bodies forward.<\/p>\n
Deep into added time, Salah again threatened, rifling a volley inches wide of the far post from inside the area after a clever pass from Jones.<\/p>\n
It was as near as either side would come to adding again to the scoreline, however, with Van Dijk’s header proving to be the decisive strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Second half Trai Hume’s driven shot over the bar five minutes after the restart was the first opening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[607,608,49,596,603,598,609,611,610,134,602,601,597,606,50,599,604,600,51,47,52,48,605],"class_list":{"0":"post-421246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-alisson","9":"tag-firmino","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-homepage","12":"tag-klopp","13":"tag-lfc","14":"tag-lfc-news","15":"tag-lfctv","16":"tag-lfctv-go","17":"tag-liverpool-fc","18":"tag-liverpool-fc-match","19":"tag-liverpool-fc-news","20":"tag-liverpool-football-club","21":"tag-mane","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-reds","24":"tag-salah","25":"tag-the-reds","26":"tag-top-news","27":"tag-top-stories","28":"tag-topnews","29":"tag-topstories","30":"tag-van-dijk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}