The duel between Manchester City and Liverpool FC is probably the highest-class football game in the world at the moment. And the duel on Sunday kept what it promised – but found no winner.
The top game on matchday 32 of the Premier League was Manchester City against Liverpool – and ended in a 2-2 draw. Thus, the “Citizens” keep the lead of the table. Pep Guardiola’s side started the game top of the table on 74 points, with Liverpool just one point behind.
That’s how the game went
The top game at the Etihad kept what it promised. City quickly turned out to be the game-determining team and after a few minutes they took the lead through a dream goal by Kevin De Bruyne (5th minute). But the answer from the “Reds” was not long in coming, Diogo Jota equalized just eight minutes later.
However, City was not impressed by the quick equalizer and created chance after chance. Consequently, Gabriel Jesus restored the well-deserved lead a few minutes before the break whistle. Klopp’s side were lucky to go into the break a goal down.
The champion of 2020 seemed to have used this well for himself, because less than 60 seconds were played when Mo Salah brilliantly served Sadio Mané, who scored again to equalize (46th).
The game developed on an equal footing – with the hosts optically superior, who made it 3-2 in the person of Gabriel Jesus (64th). However, the Brazilian was centimeters offside, so the score remained 2-2.
In the last few minutes, an open exchange of blows developed, which substitute Riyad Mahrez could have decided in favor of City a few seconds before the final whistle (90+4). However, his lob went clearly over the goal.