Liverpool 4 Cardiff City 1Liverpool moved back to the top of the Premier League as Neil Warnock’s assessment of Cardiff’s hopes at Anfield proved accurate. The only blemish for Liverpool came when Cardiff striker Callum Paterson scored a scrappy goal, dashing the Reds’ hopes of extending their run of clean sheets in the top-flight at home to 10 matches. Following a frantic opening, Cardiff then settled down and were able to keep their opponents at bay, with Liverpool seeing plenty of the ball but starved of time and space in the box. Liverpool — who had 12 shots on goal compared to none from Cardiff, but with only two on-target in the first 45 minutes — were almost caught cold just after the resumption. But from nowhere, Cardiff were given a lifeline with 13 minutes remaining courtesy of their first shot at goal.

Source: The Irish Times October 27, 2018 16:07 UTC