However in the final few stages of the game, Ibrahimovic struck in dramatic fashion, his looping header from Antonio Valencia's cross
beating Mignolet in the 84
However in the final few stages of the game, Ibrahimovic struck in dramatic fashion, his looping header from Antonio Valencia's cross
beating Mignolet in the 84th minute after a despairing clearance from Lovren, the move kept alive when substitute Marouane Fellaini had headed Rooney's cross against the post.
Damien Delaney was credited with the goal, but it was clear that his shot — while on target — would not have
beaten Mignolet without hitting the back of a Liverpool defender.
Yet new boss Sam Allardyce's side dug deep to stay in the game so that when the chance arose to
beat Mignolet, it was a meaningful goal - one that extends their unbeaten run to four games in all competitions.
Not exact matches
Three Reds defenders look helplessly at each other as Naismith ghosts into space — nobody followed the Scotland international's run — and
Mignolet should not be
beaten from that angle.
Arnautovic sent a pass over the top looking for Walters, who was
beaten to the ball by
Mignolet.
He collected a Santi Cazorla pass very elegantly and
beat Simon
Mignolet in the Liverpool goal with a near post finish.
Highly unconvincing on the third goal as a weak shot
beat him at his near post, Simon
Mignolet has shown once again that he is not really top four quality.
Mignolet was
beaten at his near post by Stoke striker Jonathan Walters inside the opening 15 minutes of Liverpool v Stoke.
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On the Saturday directly before, Liverpool stopper Simon
Mignolet had been
beaten by a set piece in a similar area taken by Arsenal's Mesut Ozil.
The lively Joel Campbell picked out Ramsey's brilliant run in behind Kolo Toure and Mamadou Sakho, who were both passed fit to play, and the midfielder hammered a shot into the net -
beating Simon
Mignolet at his near post.
With 81 minutes on the clock, Giroud timed his run well to meet Cazorla's through ball, but with only
Mignolet to
beat he fired wide of the target.
GOAL: SPURS 1 - 0 LIVERPOOL - HARRY KANE - 4 mins Trippier lifted the ball in to Kane in the right channel, Kane timed his run to perfection to
beat the off - side flag and was confronted immediately by Simon
Mignolet rushing at him, but he skipped inside the keeper and finished with his left foot.
The half at least ended in exciting fashion, with Hennessey making a tremendous save to deny Roberto Firmino from 20 yards and Simon
Mignolet beating away Jason Puncheon's strike as Palace broke with speed.
Simon
Mignolet — 5.5 Poor with his kicking as usual, and had little to do other than pick Aguero's strike out of the net when he was
beaten (by an excellent shot) from distance.
Unsurprisingly, Jurgen Klopp made eight alterations from the team that
beat Villarreal to reach the Europa League final on Thursday night, with only Simon
Mignolet, Alberto Moreno and Philippe Coutinho keeping their places.
Brazil striker Firmino made it 3 - 0 after Salah's brilliant assist before Glenn Murray, who had already missed two great chances,
beat Simon
Mignolet with a penalty following Jordan Henderson's foul on Shane Duffy.
Rooney drove his penalty down the middle to
beat Simon
Mignolet in what was the former England captain's first goal in six Merseyside derby appearances.
He
beat several defenders, to make space, but his shot was well saved by
Mignolet.