John Stones opened the scoring for Pep Guardiola’s side before Alexis Mac Allister equalised from the spot at Anfield
Manchester City's Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson fouls Liverpool's Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez to concede a penalty during the Premier League clash. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty ImagesSince the manager dropped the bombshell towards the end of January, Liverpool have barely put a foot wrong, apart from losing at Arsenal. Here against Manchester City, they pushed as if their lives depended on it.
It did not happen, City gathering themselves to hit the post twice, first through Phil Foden – although he did not know too much about a ball that ricocheted off him – and then the substitute, Jérémy Doku. It had certainly been worth reflecting on Liverpool’s casualty list at kick-off; it numbered 10 after Ibrahima Konaté was ruled out, with Klopp also deeming Andy Robertson and Salah fit enough only to start among the substitutes. City missed one player and one player alone – Jack Grealish.
City might have scored before they did, their approach heavy on strut and personality, some of their pass-and-move stuff easy on the eye, although when the breakthrough came, it needed a double-take. How was Stones so open just a few yards from goal to tap home from De Bruyne’s whipped low corner? It was partly to do with Aké standing in the way of Mac Allister and also Darwin Núñez’s failure to track Stones. What a time it was for him to score his first of the season.
Liverpool needed a break and they got it at the beginning of the second half, from, of all things, a misplaced City pass. Aké was the culprit, undercooking his attempt to go back to Ederson and seeing Núñez steal in. He toed it away from the goalkeeper and was promptly cleaned out by him.
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