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Liverpool tops Burnley 4-2, keeps pace with leader Man City
Liverpool, March 10 (IANS) Liverpool on Sunday had to survive Burnleys scare on both ends of the game to secure a 4-2 win on the strength of two braces by Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, keeping the pace with the Premier Leagues standing leader Manchester City.
Burnley had a powerful start to the game, taking the lead just six minutes into the first half, when English midfielder Ashley Westwood scored directly from a corner kick, a so-called Olympic goal, amid protests by Liverpool players who claimed a foul against Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson.
Liverpool needed just 13 minutes to draw level as Egyptian talisman Mohamed Salah collected his seventh Premier League assist of the season, sending a low cross into the penalty area, reports Efe news.
A misunderstanding between goalkeeper Tom Heaton and defender James Tarkowski allowed Salah’s cross to reach unmarked forward Roberto Firmino of Brazil who put the ball into the wide-open post from a close range.
Shortly before the half-hour mark, Liverpool restored order, seizing on yet another defensive error, this time by right-back Phil Bardsley who lost the ball near the area under pressure by midfielder Adam Lallana.
The ball reached Salah who hit the ground claiming a penalty kick, but a ruthless Mane of Senegal curled the ball home to give his team the lead for the first time in the game.
After the intermission, Liverpool got the third goal on a counter-attack led by Salah down the right side, but the Egyptian saw his attempt blocked by defender Charlie Taylor.
Taylor, however, did not only prevent Salah from scoring, but also accidentally collided with Heaton who had rushed forward to tackle Salah’s attempt, and the ball reached Firmino who completed his brace, once more into an open wide goal.
In the dying minutes of the second half, winger Johann Gudmundsson of Iceland found the back of the net just one minute into stoppage time, boosting his teammates’ morale as they aggressively sought out the equaliser.
It was in the third minute of stoppage time when Mane rounded off his brace and put the game out of Burnley’s reach.
After the win, second-placed Liverpool maintains the gap at one point behind Manchester City, who earned a 3-1 win over Watford on Saturday, with eight matches to go.
–IANS
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International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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