Liverpool 4 Cardiff 1: Mohamed Salah back on form to send Reds top of Premier League

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Malik Ouzia @MalikOuzia_27 October 2018

Liverpool moved top of the Premier League after a comfortable 4-1 win over Cardiff at Anfield.

A double from Sadio Mane, along with goals from Mo Salah and Xherdan Shaqiri continued the Reds' unbeaten start to the season and created a three-point cushion over Manchester City, who visit Tottenham on Monday.

Jurgen Klopp made three changes to the side which hammered Red Star Belgrade 4-0 in midweek, with Adam Lallana, Alberto Moreno and Dejan Lovren replacing Xherdan Shaqiri, Andy Robertson and Joe Gomez.

Salah scored twice in Wednesday's win and continued his return to form with the opener here, finishing from the angle after Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum had had shots blocked.

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Virgil van Dijk almost doubled the lead with a header that struck the post from Salah's cross, and Lallana had a header cleared off the line as the home side dominated the first 45 minutes, with Cardiff failing to have a touch in the Liverpool penalty area.

Cardiff started the second half brightly and had a goal correctly disallowed for offside against Sean Morrison.

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However, Sadio Mane doubled the lead with a brilliant left-footed effort just after the hour mark, only for Callum Patterson to become the first player to score at Liverpool in the league since Michail Antonio found the net for West Ham in a 4-1 defeat back in February.

Shaqiri quickly put to bed any hopes of a Cardiff comeback with a calm finish to seal all three points, before Mane added his second from Salah's ball.

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