Ishaq Mustafa
Mohamed Salah looked to have earned Liverpool victory in an Anfield thriller but Kevin de Bruyne’s late equaliser gave Manchester City a fully deserved point 2-2 against Jorgen Klopp’s side on Sunday.
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Salah scored his sixth Premier League goal of the season.
Reigning champions City and Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool were each hoping to take over from Chelsea at the top of the table, but this result means Thomas Tuchel’s side stay clear at the Premier League summit.
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City dominated the first half but wasted a host of chances and were punished when Sadio Mane was the beneficiary of more Salah brilliance to apply a clinical finish to put Liverpool ahead after 59 minutes.
Liverpool’s lead lasted just 10 minutes until Phil Foden, who tormented the struggling James Milner throughout, took a pass from Gabriel Jesus and fired a low, angled finish across Alisson at the Kop end.
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City manager Pep Guardiola was nursing an understandable sense of injustice after Milner somehow escaped a second yellow card for blatantly upending Bernardo Silva, before Anfield exploded in joy after 76 minutes when Salah slalomed his way beyond a succession of City defenders to power home a stunning finish.
City’s performance merited at least a point and secured it when De Bruyne’s shot took a deflection off Joel Matip to beat Alisson with nine minutes left.
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The Reds should have won it with five minutes remaining but Fabinho’s goalbound shot was kept out by Rodri’s sensational block.
cured it when De Bruyne’s shot took a deflection off Joel Matip to beat Alisson with nine minutes left.
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The Reds should have won it with five minutes remaining but Fabinho’s goalbound shot was kept out by Rodri’s sensational block.
Line-ups
Liverpool Squad
Formation 4-3-3
1Alisson
7Milner 32Matip 4van Dijk 26Robertson
14Henderson 3Fabinho 17Jones
11Salah 20Jota 10Mane
Substitutes
5Konaté 8Keïta 9Firmino 12Gomez15Oxlade-Chamberlain 18Minamino 21Tsimikas 62Kelleher 76N Williams
Man City Squad
Formation 4-3-3
31Ederson
2Walker 3Rúben Dias 14Laporte 27Cancelo
20Bernardo Silva 16Rodri 17De Bruyne
9Gabriel Jesus 10Grealish 47Foden
Substitutes
5Stones 6Aké7Sterling 13Steffen 21Torres 25Fernandinho 26Mahrez 33Carson 80Palmer
