Liverpool Menang Tipis 1-0 dari Sunderland Berkat Gol Markovic
Markovic the Magician for Liverpool as Reds March to Victory over Sunderland
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Sunderland (B2B) - Liverpool menang tipis 1-0 atas Sunderland berkat gol semata wayang Lazar Markovic di Stadium of Light dalam lanjutan Liga Inggris Sabtu malam waktu setempat.
Dengan kemenangan ini, Liverpool mengoleksi 32 poin, sementara Sunderland tetap 20 poin.
Liverpool unggul jumlah pemain sejak menit 49 karena Liam Bridcutt diganjar kartu kuning kedua, namun keunggulan pemain itu tak bisa dimanfaatkan Liverpool untuk menambah gol.
Pada menit tiga, Liverpool berharap penalti kepada wasit ketika Lazar Makovic bersentuhan dengan Wes Brown di kotak penalti, namun wasit tak menggubrisnya.
Lima menit kemudian, Liverpool memimpin lewat Markovic. Berawal dari serangan Markovic dari sayap kanan, kemudian bermain satu-dua dengan Borini. Setelah itu, tendangan Markovic tak bisa dihalau Pantilimon. Sunderland pun ketinggalan 0-1.
Peluang terbaik Sunderland terjadi pada enit 53 ketika tendangan Johnson dari jarak 27 meter mengenai mistar gawang Mignolet, sedangkan umpan silang Will Burkley diakhiri sundulan melebar Mikael Mandron dari kotak penalti Liverpool pada menit 90.
Sunderland menguasai 47 persen pertandingan, sementara Liverpool 53 persen dan berikut susunan pemain kedua tim seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Sunderland - Lazar Markovic's first Premier League goal gave Liverpool a 1-0 win against 10-man Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
Markovic converted from close range in the ninth minute in a dominant first-half display from Brendan Rodgers' side.
Sunderland had Liam Bridcutt sent off at the start of the second half, yet it almost equalized when Adam Johnson hit the crossbar with a long range strike.
But Liverpool stifled any pressure to take three points that boosts its pursuit of a top-four finish and hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.
It remains eighth in the table, but has lost once in its last 12 and is now four points behind Southampton, which is fourth and plays third-place Manchester United on Sunday.
Defeat leaves Sunderland three points above the relegation zone with the rest of the teams around it still to play on the weekend.
After an energetic start, Liverpool could have had a penalty after three minutes.
Markovic tumbled over under a challenge from Wes Brown, but referee Craig Pawson ignored appeals for a spot kick.
