Jurgen Klopp praised Sheffield United goalkeeper Wes Foderingham’s “fantastic save” in Wednesday night’s game.
Liverpool eventually lost 2-0 at Bramall Lane but struggled to get three points and often struggled to find their rhythm against the bottom club in the Premier League.
In the 37th minute, Virgil van Dijk scored for the visitors from a corner kick. , and Dominik Soboslay added a second late. Red’s had some anxious moments but could have doubled their lead earlier had Fotheringham not made a fine save to deny Mohamed Salah.
The Egyptian looked set to score his 200th goal for Liverpool in the 56th minute when he fired in a corner from close range. But the Knives keeper showed impressive reflexes and made a one-handed save to keep the score at 1-0.After the match, Klopp said of that moment: “It would have been great if we had got the second goal earlier. It was possible.
I think Mo would have made a great save from the defender after the corner.” The goalkeeper, I’m not sure how he turned out from the point of view of other moments when I played better. I think that would be good.“And we tried not to reveal too much. “He showed fluid movement.”Foderingham made a total of six saves on the night as he tried to keep Chris Wilder’s side in the game.
The former Rangers and Swindon goalkeeper leads the Premier League with 73 saves this season.Foderingham’s performance means Salah will have to wait to score his 200th goal for Liverpool and 150th of his Premier League career.
The Egyptian has scored 10 league goals so far this season but has not scored domestically since the Reds’ 3-0 win over Brentford on 12 November. He will get his next chance when Liverpool travel to Crystal Palace this weekend for an early start on Saturday.
