Relief for Liverpool. Rejection for Manchester City. Those would be the moods mirrored within the respective dressing rooms at this time as Liverpool eked out a scrappy 1-1 draw towards league leaders Manchester City on the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
Pep Guardiola’s aspect dominated majority of the sport, holding on to possession as common and threatening the Reds’ protection time and time once more. But, an instinctive strike from Trent Alexander-Arnold within the second half clinched Liverpool a much-appreciated draw because the title race brews on, with merely one level separating each groups.
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City’s plan of assault was merely but efficient: unleash Jeremy Doku. The Belgian continued to plunder Liverpool’s defensive ranks on the left wing, alongside Bernardo Silva to persistently menace the Reds with runs and crosses galore.
Both groups began the sport with an intent to press excessive and power errors from the opposite, however it was Liverpool who discovered it merely inconceivable to cease Doku from dominating as he happy.
Another main tactic that proved useful was the persistent strain the assault positioned on Liverpool keeper Alisson Becker. The likes of Haaland particularly gave the Brazilian no room for error as he frequently pushed him out of his consolation zone.
And it paid off within the twenty seventh minute, as a misplaced move from a lackadaisical Alisson discovered its option to Ake. Ake sliced by means of the Reds’ protection with a easy through-ball to Haaland, who inevitably discovered the again of the web with a strike to the underside nook of Liverpool’s objective.
Haaland’s objective took his present season’s tally to 14 targets in 14 video games, and in addition made him the quickest participant to succeed in 50 Premier League targets in PL historical past.
The Norwegian achieved the feat in a mere 48 video games, surpassing the legendary Andy Cole who achieved the identical feat in 65 video games.
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The second half started with City going about business as common, dominating the assault with Doku operating riot over Trent Alexander-Arnold.
But, Liverpool’s persistence paid off, and Trent would get his revenge within the sweetest kind potential, because the Liverpool wing-back slotted in a pure instinctive end to the underside left nook of the City objective within the eightieth minute to convey Liverpool again into the sport.
A pissed off City tried to push for a winner, all all through the remaining time, and nearly discovered it within the final minute of the match.
With seemingly the penultimate kick of the ball, Julian Alvarez delivered a swirling cross into the field from the nook flag that discovered Erling Haaland. Yet, the Norwegian’s tough header was flicked simply vast off the mark and Liverpool held on to take dwelling the draw.
“It is always difficult when we come here. We have played a lit of better games and lost here. We are not proud of our performance today, but we got the result. They are such a difficult team to play, and I believe we deserved the result today”, stated Liverpool’s Alexander-Arnold in a post-match interview with Michael Owen.
The outcome ensures that Liverpool stays at touching distance away from City, who’re nonetheless prime of the desk.
But, a window of alternative for yet one more aspect has opened up now for Arsenal, who’ve a recreation in hand, can take the highest spot in the event that they safe a win of their subsequent fixture, the place they play Brentford.
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