In a match where Trent Alexander-Arnold fue center of attacks Manchester City Through the dribbler Jeremy Doku, the still winger, although increasingly more of a midfielder, tied the initial goal of Erling Haaland and prevented Pep Guardiola’s men from escaping the classification (1-1).
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Controversial ending in the Liverpool vs City match
The tie took a backseat at the end of the match due to a strong confrontation between the Spanish coach Pep Guardiola and the Uruguayan striker Darwin Núñez, who faced each other in the greeting.
Apparently, The scorer did not like a gesture that the Manchester City coach had with Jürgen Klopp and he reproached him for the action in front of the entire public. Immediately, the German coach tried to separate and take his pupil away from the fight.
“You’re going up”: Guardiola tells Núñez, who was upset and looking to confront the player. In the end, captain Virgil van Dijk went to calm the fumes and spoke with Pep to avoid further arguments.
The end of Manchester City vs. Liverpool! Darwin Núñez went to look for Pep Guardiola after the referee’s whistle and got into an argument with the coach of the citizen team at the end of the match. pic.twitter.com/tc4OB2QLrI
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Summary of the tie with Luis Díaz fundamental
The Norwegian, despite becoming the player who has needed the fewest games (48) to reach 50 goals, could not certify the three points for City, who were surprised in a match that they dominated from start to finish due to a cross shot from Alexander-Arnold fifteen minutes from time.
Not a fair result, the truth is that the recent ‘Clásico’ of English football left something to be desired, with Liverpool surrendered to the high pressure of City, who paid for arriving with only a 1-0 lead in the last match matches.
The pressure from the City attackers was a suffocation for the defense and Alisson, who almost fell into the trap when he gave a ball to Phil Foden in front of him, but the Englishman was ungenerous and his shot, despite the pleas of Haaland, was meek at the hands of Alisson.
After a couple of isolated and wasted chances by Darwin Núñez, who again fell too far offside, Haaland made his only appearance of the match to score.
Thanks, yes, to the dance that Nathan Aké scored on the front. The side saw himself as a playmaker, he overflowed Szoboszlai and Alexander Arnold and found Haaland in the area, with too much space between the forwards. The Norwegian’s bitten shot grazed him Alisson moments before it became his 50th goal in the competition, in just 48 games, improving Andy Cole’s previous record, which required 65 appearances.
The lack of aim of Foden and Álvarez gave life to Liverpool, which was also saved by the referee when he decided that a push from Aké to Alisson was enough to destabilize the goalkeeper and annul what would have been 2-0. In a corner, Aké blocked the goalkeeper and Rúbes Dias finished alone at the far post, but Chris Kavanagh whistled the free kick and gave extra life to the ‘Reds’, who had not even approached the area until 1-1.
The tie play was started Luis Díaz, changing the orientation of the game on the front of the area for Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian saw Cody Gakpo’s unmarking inside, but it was a trap to drag two defenders and open a gap in the area that Alexander-Arnold took advantage of to penetrate. Salah offloaded the ball to him and he crossed it onto the post. A goal that signs his transmutation into the interior, the role he already plays in England and that camouflages his defensive shortcomings.
Lacking fuel in the last minutes, Liverpool and City signed a draw that puts the ‘Sky Blues” leadership in check, since a victory for Arsenal against Brentford will take it away from them this Saturday. Liverpool is second, with 28 points and City is first with one more unit.
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With information from EFE.
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