Liverpool stall in title chase after draw at Sunderland



Liverpool paid for conceding two spot kicks, Monday in a 2-2 draw with Sunderland as Jurgen Klopp's side missed the chance to cut Chelsea's lead in the Premier League to three points.

The game was Sadio Mane's last for Liverpool before he heads off to the African Cup of Nations in Gabon and the Senegal forward was both hero and villain in an entertaining game.

Mane had looked to have given Liverpool all three points with a close-range finish following a second-half corner, but then gave away a penalty he was penalized for handball allowing Jermain Defoe to score his second penalty of the game.
The draw left Liverpool five points behind Chelsea.


This was Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp's 50th Premier League game in charge and Monday's result means the German has a record of 26 wins, 14 draws and 10 defeats.

Defoe was a constant menace to the Liverpool defence and his deadliness from the penalty spot was key to relegation threatened Sunderland securing a point.

Six minutes after Sturridge's opener, Ragnar Klavan's trip on Didier Ndong gave Sunderland the first penalty and Defoe take the chance.

Defoe proved equally deadly, scoring his 11th goal of the season when Mane handed Sunderland that second penalty in the 84th minute.

African Cup of Nations starts on January 14 and ends on February 5 with Senegal one of the favorites to win the tournament.

  

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