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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter at the Stade Vélodrome

Szoboszlai’s low blow puts Liverpool on a high as Salah returns in Marseille

Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai sneaks a free-kick under the wall to put Marseille on the back foot.
Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai sneaks a free-kick under the wall to put Marseille on the back foot. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

The intense, intimidating examination by Roberto De Zerbi’s Marseille never materialised. Liverpool, again more comfortable on European soil and without the irritation of facing a low block, delivered a ­commanding display to advance on automatic qualification for the last 16 and leave their Premier League troubles behind.

A Dominik Szoboszlai free‑kick, an own goal forced by Jeremie ­Frimpong and a stoppage-time strike from ­the substitute Cody Gakpo gave Arne Slot’s side a merited victory in the south of France.

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