Liverpool and Manchester City tied 1-1, at Anfield, in the most outstanding duel of the 28th round of the Premier League. With this result, the red team, led by Jürgen Klopp, reached the top of the championship, with 64 points, the same amount as Arsenal. Those led by Pep Guardiola, meanwhile, were in third place, with 63 points. The high expectations generated in the preview were met from start to finish in the duel, a kind of modern classic.
51′ST They called for two penalties
Salah claimed a penalty for an alleged foul by Aké, City’s left back, but the referee understood that nothing had happened. Almost immediately, due to an alleged attack by Doku on Mac Allister (the Argentine was left lying on the grass), the Liverpool fans also complained, it was reviewed by the VAR, but nothing happened either. This last play generated controversy.
43′ST Shot on the stick
Docu, in a wonderful individual play from the left, crashed a left-footed cross shot into the post of the goal defended by Kelleher. Liverpool was miraculously saved.
38′ST Mac Allister, very active
Manchester City had a very bad time throughout the second half. Mac Allister, very active, finished with his left foot over the crossbar. The Liverpool public recognizes the effort of those led by Klopp.
25′ST Ortega, savior
Goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, Ederson’s replacement at City, blocked the Uruguayan Núñez’s goal (with his body he covered the attacker’s right touch). Relief, momentary, for the visiting team.
23′ST Julián Álvarez leaves
DT Guardiola made two modifications. Julián Álvarez and De Bruyne left; Mateo Kovacic and Jeremy Doku entered.
21′ST City seems dizzy
City fails to escape Liverpool’s siege. Guardiola needs to make changes in midfield. The Red Devils manage, with acceleration, the pace of the game, with Mac Allister as one of the figures.
17′ST Díaz, hand in hand, outside
In a wonderful counterattack managed by Salah, the Colombian Díaz was hand in hand with the City goalkeeper, Opened the foot and finished badly. City was saved. They remain 1-1.
15′ST Salah, on the court
The Egyptian Mohamed Salah, who is not 100% physically, entered Liverpool – for Szoboszlai – to play the last half hour.
13′ST Silva, reprimanded
The Portuguese Bernardo Silva, from City, received the yellow card.
10′ST The City goalkeeper, injured
Ederson, City’s goalkeeper, was injured after the foul on Núñez that led to the penalty for Liverpool and had to be replaced by Stefan Ortega.
4′ST ¡Goal by Liverpool!
The Argentine Alexis Mac Allister was in charge of taking the penalty and he did not fail: the number 10, who has all the trust of his teammates and coach Klopp, crossed the shot from the right, unstoppable for Ederson. Balanced match at Anfield: 1-1.
1′ST ¡Penal for Liverpool!
Unusual error by City’s last line. Aké made a short pass back, Núñez (very attentive) stole the ball and received a harsh infringement in the area by goalkeeper Ederson. Penalty for Liverpool. The Brazilian goalkeeper was left with pain in his right leg.
The second half has started!
Liverpool and Manchester City are already playing the second half. Those led by Guardiola win 1-0. There were no changes to the teams, but Mohamed Salah already left the substitutes’ bench to warm up.
Other results of the date
Today, in addition to Tottenham’s 4-0 win over Aston Villa, West Ham and Burnley tied 2-2, while Brighton (Valentín Barco and Facundo Buonanotte did not play minutes) beat Nottingham Forest 1-0.
End of the first half
The first period ended. Manchester City wins 1-0 and, with this result, rises to the top of the Premier League, with 65 points, one more than Arsenal.
47′PT Foul against Mac Allister and yellow
The Spanish Rodri was reprimanded for committing a harsh infringement on the Argentine Mac Allister.
45′PT City counterattack
Kyle Walker, Manchester’s right-back, sprinted down the right, raised his head a couple of times, sent the cross back, but neither Haaland nor De Bruyne could connect.
41′PT City was saved
The Colombian Luis Díaz took the ball with cunning and some luck, he finished from the right and the shot went very close to the right post of the Brazilian Ederson Moraes, City’s goalkeeper.
38′PT Corrida de Haaland
The Norwegian Haaland received the ball in City’s field, with little marking, accelerated and faced the rival goal, besieged by Virgil van Dijk, but he ran out of energy at the end and the shot had no consequences.
36′PT De Bruyne, de zurda
Left-footed shot by Belgian De Bruyne, one of Manchester City’s figures. The shot deflected off a Liverpool player and went into the corner.
31′PT Liverpool, cerca del empate
Liverpool was very close to equality. Elliot, from the right of the large area, launched a left-footed cross and Szoboszlai, with a surprise appearance, deflected a header.
23′PT ¡Goal by Manchester City!
City opened the result of the match. After a corner taken by De Bruyne, John Stones entered at the near post, almost unmarked, and scored – with his right foot – the first goal of the match. It was a “blackboard” play from Guardiola, as Aké blocked Mac Allister so Stones could move freely. The Citizens win 1-0.
18′PT Goal anulado a Liverpool
After a quick and precise play between Mac Allister and Núñez, the Colombian Luis Díaz scored under the City goal, but the goal was annulled by the Uruguayan striker’s offside, after receiving the assistance of the Argentine midfielder.
12′PT Response from Liverpool
Conor Bradley, on the right, had a spicy advance on the right, he took the cross shot and the Uruguayan Darwin Núñez was close to scoring.
10′PT The City, electric
These are quite stressful minutes for Liverpool. City is being much more vertical and deeper. It is played in a drizzle and at 8 degrees in that part of England.
7′PT They don’t give themselves a break
The intensity of the match is very high. They put pressure on each other in all sectors of the playing field. But City, up to this point, generates more danger. Once again from the left sector, those led by Guardiola came deep: Kevin De Bruyne, left-footed, was close to scoring.
2′PT First shot: Julián
The match gets off to a furious start, back and forth. The first shot on goal was from Julián Álvarez, left-footed, but goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher caught the ball.
PT The game has started!
At Anfield, Liverpool’s emblematic stadium, the Red Devils and Manchester City are already playing, for the 28th round of the Premier League.
12.33 Tottenham coup
As a local and with Emiliano Back Martínez as the starter, Aston Villa suffered a resounding defeat against Tottenham, 4-0. Another Argentine from the world champion team in Qatar 2022 was a starter on the winning team: Cristian Holiday Romero.
Los Spurs They gave an exhibition at Villa Park, where only Newcastle and Manchester United had won the championship this season. The goals (all in the second half) were scored by James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Heung-Min Son and Timo Werner. In the standings they are two points behind Aston Villa, with one more game to play, against Chelsea, on a date yet to be defined. Tottenham, absent this year from European competitions and quickly eliminated from national cups, has the only way to participate in a continental tournament in the Premier League.
12.20 Julián and Alexis, among the eleven
Julián Álvarez is among the eleven starters selected by coach Pep Guardiola.
Meanwhile, Alexis Mac Allister will also start.
12.15 Klopp considers Guardiola “the best”
“He is without a doubt the best coach I have seen in my time,” said Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool coach, about his Manchester City counterpart, Pep Guardiola, before the Premier League duel. ”I do the same job and I’m good at it, so I know how to recognize excellence. For me, he is the best,” declared the German coach at a press conference.
Guardiola was also elegant when referring to Klopp. ”It has always been a pleasure [enfrentarse a Klopp] and now it will be too, although we will try to win. You always learn from your teams’ play. “He is a passionate man, who loves football,” said the Spaniard. Both coaches have been facing each other for years in the Premier League. In the last six seasons, City have won the Premier League five times and Liverpool once.
12.10 A lot at stake
Liverpool and Manchester City, the two heavyweights of English football in recent years, are preparing for an exciting duel this Sunday, from 12:45 p.m. in Argentina, for the 28th. Premier League matchday. Barely one point separates both teams in the English classification. It is Liverpool who are ahead, with 63 points, so a victory would allow them to open a gap in the table, now led by Arsenal (64), while City would need victory at the Anfield stadium to put themselves in first place. place.
Both Manchester City and Liverpool come to the game after having played European matches during the week. City qualified -on Wednesday- for the quarterfinals of the Champions League by beating Copenhagen 3-1, in a match in which they rotated to rest several starters. Liverpool won 5-1 in the Czech Republic against Sparta Prague, in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16. The last quarter of an hour of that match was played by the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, who reappeared after two and a half weeks out, thus aiming to be able to play against City.
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