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18:52
VAR’s decision: Goal by Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) is disallowed, score 2-2
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18:50
Yellow card for Thiago (Liverpool FC)
Thiago comes too late with a tackle in midfield against De Bruyne and rightly gets yellow for it. Actually, the Spaniard should have had a yellow card. Lucky for Liverpool.
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18:50
City plays a long ball onto the far post from the left half-field. Robertson loses the header duel against Gabriel Jesus. Then the striker goes in front of the goal with a few hooks and pulls away. The shot goes past Alisson, but van Dijk saves in front of the line.
59
18:47
Alisson plays a strong long pass into the path of Alexander-Arnold, who goes into the box with the ball. Then he brakes and tries to get past Laporte with a hook. The central defender puts him and wins the duel.
57
18:46
Diogo Jota plays a hair-raising miss in midfield into the foot of Gabriel Jesus. The Brazilian crosses the halfway line at pace and Thiago clears it to prevent anything worse from happening. That was a clear tactical foul and should have been yellow.
55
18:43
City has now arrived in the second half. Only the LFC played the first minute. The cerulean have caught themselves.
53
18:41
Alexander-Arnold puts through to Salah on the right, who alludes to Diogo Jota in the penalty area. The Portuguese pulls from twelve meters half-right position with the right. Ederson saves the unplaced shot.
52
18:40
Robertson brings a cross to the back post from the left. The ball slips through João Cancelo, but Salah doesn’t get it processed. João Cancelo can clarify.
51
18:39
Salah plays on the right into Diogo Jota’s run, who puts the ball straight across to Mané. But the pass is a bit too far and is intercepted by Ederson.
49
18:37
Robertson has some space on the left. Several reds stand ready in the middle. But his flank flies over everyone.
46
18:34
Tooor for Liverpool FC, 2-2 by Sadio Mané
What’s going on here? City have to lead 5:1 at half time and now it’s suddenly 2:2. Salah plays an outstanding pass into Mané’s run from the right half-field. The Senegalese shoots from the penalty spot with the inside right and the ball hits the top right corner.
46
18:34
Jürgen Klopp decided against a change at half-time. The men flattened by City in the first half are now set to turn the game around.
46
18:33
Kick-off 2nd half
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18:21
mid-term conclusion
Manchester City go into the break with a 2-1 lead over Liverpool after an exhilarating first half. The game offered full-throttle football right from the start. It went back and forth. De Bruyne scored the lead after just five minutes, which Diogo Jota equalized again a little later. But after the equalizer, Man City began to fire off an offensive firework. The Reds were totally overwhelmed. City kept playing long balls behind the defensive line. Klopp’s defense played for offside. But that didn’t work at all. This created countless big chances for the home side. It’s a miracle that Manchester lead by just one goal at half-time. If Liverpool don’t show a completely different face in the second half, the visitors will go under here.
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18:16
Official injury time (minutes): 2
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18:16
Laporte almost makes it 3-1. Foden brings a free kick from the left in the middle. Laporte closes from eight meters free in front of the goal with the right. Alisson deflects the shot against the post. Then the flag goes up. It was relatively clearly offside.
44
18:14
Diogo Jota is sent into the penalty area. He has to either shoot or lay down to Salah but takes too long to decide. A City defender intervenes.
43
18:13
Foden brings a good cross into the middle from the left. Sterling is free at the second post but Robertson gets his foot in between at the last moment.
41
18:11
Liverpool are finally back in front of City’s goal. Alexander-Arnold runs right alone into the penalty area. He should cross, but shoots wide of the goal on the right. Then the flag goes up.
40
18:09
Yellow card for Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Bernardo Silva quite unnecessarily kicks Robertson over from behind in Liverpool’s half. There is quite rightly yellow for that.
39
18:09
There was rarely a goal more deserved than this 2-1. Liverpool can’t get a foot on the ground here. Man City should actually try to extend the lead before half-time.
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18:06
Tooor for Manchester City, 2-1 through Gabriel Jesus
After a corner, João Cancelo crosses the second ball from the left half-field with a right onto the back post. There Gabriel Jesus runs in and comes to an end without an opponent. He puts the technically demanding ball under the crossbar with the right inside from five meters.
36
18:06
It’s almost absurd that it’s still a draw. Liverpool usually plays the ball to the opponent from the back. City almost always gets behind the defense with a pass. The 2:1 is a matter of time.
34
18:05
Bernardo Silva gets no pressure at all in midfield again. He plays the obligatory ball behind the chain into João Cancelo’s path. The Portuguese moves from the left to the middle and then shoots low on goal with the right. The ball just misses the left post.
32
18:01
Fabinho loses an unusual number of balls today. The Brazilian has been beside himself so far.
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18:00
City has had to lead 2-1 here for a long time. The next long ball comes behind the Liverpool defense. João Cancelo plays in the penalty area for De Bruyne, who shoots at goal from eight meters inside left position. The ball just misses the left post.
28
17:58
Andrew Robertson (Liverpool FC) is shown a yellow card.
Robertson lets De Bruyne jump over the blade on the right touchline. There’s yellow for that.
27
17:56
City is in control of the game. So far, the home side have been negligent with their chances.
24
17:55
De Bruyne brings a strong free-kick cross into the penalty area from the right half-field. Rodri freely puts the ball in the middle with his head. Laporte is also without opponents there. But Rodri’s filing is sloppy. The ball goes out of the goal.
23
17:54
Ederson almost makes an own goal. The goalkeeper has the ball at his foot just before the line and wants to play it to the left. He first fakes a pass. The ball almost rolled into his own goal. He just scrapes the ball off the line.
22
17:51
De Bruyne takes the corner from the left on goal. The cross lands in Alisson’s arms.
21
17:51
Liverpool struggle to get out the back. Rodri volleys a second ball from the edge of the box. The shot is blocked. There is corner.
20
17:50
So far, both teams have played the same game. Long balls behind the back four always cause danger.
19
17:49
Bernardo Silva collects the ball in defense and then plays a great pass to the right into Walker’s barrel. Walker brings the ball low in the middle where Foden stands by. Van Dijk intervenes and clarifies the situation.
17
17:47
Robertson plays the next outstanding pass into Salah’s run. Laporte just manages to get his foot in between. So the ball lands at Ederson.
16
17:46
Walker plays a strong ball to the right behind Sterling’s back four. Sterling puts it back to the edge of the box to Garbiel Jesus, who takes a right shot. His shot lands in Alisson’s arms.
13
17:42
Tooor for Liverpool FC, 1-1 by Diogo Jota
There’s the balance! Robertson brings a cross to the far post from the left corner of the box. There his counterpart Alexander-Arnold puts the ball straight back to Diogo Jota. The Portuguese makes the ball from six meters with the right inside goal. That was played beautifully.
9
17:40
Van Dijk misjudges a long ball. He expects Alisson to pick up the ball. But the pass is not far enough for that. Gabriel Jesus intervenes. Alisson just clears things up. Gabriel Jesus wants a penalty, but Anthony Taylor lets it run.
8th
17:38
What kind of initial phase is this? Both teams have been full throttle since the first minute. There is no respite. A thrilling soccer game.
5
17:36
Tooor for Manchester City, 1-0 through Kevin De Bruyne
Man City took the lead right after the big chance. De Bruyne passes Fabinho far too easily on the left in front of the penalty area. Then he pulls left from 16 meters. Matip deflects the half-high shot. The ball flies unstoppable for Alisson at the far post.
5
17:35
City frees itself from the pressing for the first time and it becomes extremely dangerous. De Bruyne plays the ball right into the path of Gabriel Jesus, who crosses it into the middle on the edge of the penalty area. Sterling shoots at goal from seven yards in the middle and Alisson saves superbly with his foot.
4
17:34
The hosts don’t come out flat at first. The LFC delivers the pass stations well.
3
17:33
Liverpool presses up as usual from the start. In certain situations, the reds run through to the opposing five.
2
17:32
Man City enters the visitors’ penalty area for the first time. Bernardo Silva takes the ball with his hand after a throw-in from the right side.
1
17:30
The Etihad Stadium is of course sold out. The tension is palpable. Ready to go!
16:51
Jurgen Klopp’s side won 3-1 at Benfica on Tuesday. Compared to this game, the coach also changes his starting eleven to three positions. Joel Matip starts in central defense in place of Ibrahima Konaté. Jordan Henderson starts in central midfield for Naby Keïta. And Diogo Jota is preferred to Luis Díaz in attack.
16:48
Pep Guardiola changed three positions in contrast to the win against Atlético. Kyle Walker starts at right defense. João Cancelo moves to the left and Nathan Aké to the bench. Also, Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus will start on offense. They replace İlkay Gündoğan and Riyad Mahrez.
16:42
The fact that Manchester City hasn’t rushed for a long time and that things are getting exciting again in the championship is solely due to Liverpool FC’s outstanding form. The Reds have played 21 competitive games so far in 2022, of which an incredible 18 games have been won. 2 January was the last time they dropped points in the Premier League, beating Chelsea 2-2. The other two games not won in 2022 were cup and Champions League home and away games respectively. In both cases, Liverpool still progressed. Today, the LFC has the chance to take the lead in the table for the first time since the 6th matchday.
16:42
Only one point separates the two clubs in the table. City had last drawn 0-0 twice in a row in March, the draw against Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League being unimportant thanks to a 5-0 first-leg win. After this short “phase of weakness”, Pep Guardiola’s team reached the semi-finals in the FA Cup, defeated Burnley 2-0 in the league and won the quarter-final first leg against Atlético in the premier class 1-0. So there can be no question of weakness in form. The sky blue are currently not playing quite so out of competition.
16:41
Hello and welcome to matchday 32 of the Premier League. Today at 5:30 p.m. there will be what will probably be the decisive game in the race for the English championship, as leaders Manchester City host second-placed Liverpool FC.