Manchester City and Liverpool have provided an extremely attractive match for the audience with 4 goals divided equally between the two sides.
Squad
- Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo; Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Jesus, Foden, Sterling (Mahrez 76′).
- Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago; Salah, Mane, Jota (Diaz 70′).
Goals: De Bruyne 5′, Jesus 37′ – Jota 12′, Mane 46′
5th minute (1-0 goal, De Bruyne): Receiving the ball in the middle, De Bruyne finished with his left foot, the ball touched Matip and changed direction, and flew into the net. Man City has had a beautiful dream start.
12th minutes (1-1 goal, Diogo Jota): Alexander-Arnold escaped to the touchline and then passed the ball back to Diogo Jota to equalize for the away team.
37th minutes (2-1 goal, Gabriel Jesus): Joao Cancelo crosses the ball for Gabriel Jesus to break the offside trap, defeating Alisson in a face-to-face situation.
46th minute (2-2 goal, Sadio Mané): Salah passed the ball to Sadio Mane. With his speed, he hit Man City’s net. Today is also Sadio Mané‘s 30th birthday.
63rd minute: Sterling pushed down to defeat Alisson, but VAR confirmed that the Man City player was in an offside position.
82nd minute: Fabinho made an extremely dangerous foul on Bernardo Silva but the referee only showed a yellow card.
In the end, Man City drew Liverpool 2-2, making the race to the championship will be fierce until the final round. Currently, Man City owns 74 points, still 1 point more than Liverpool.
