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“You have the best team in the world and you put in the best striker on the market, no matter what it costs, you just do it. In the past few seasons, this has traditionally been a clash of the league’s top two teams. I know City will not like it, nobody will like it, you’ve asked the question, but you know the answer. The problem v City is if you close him down with too many players it opens space for other world-class players." Nobody can compete with City in that. Reigning champions City have started the season well and are unbeaten so far.
Liverpool put in a colossal display against Man City to potentially turn around their season. Andy Robertson summed up a fiery match.
Dominating the first five minutes made a huge difference to the contest. But a fired-up Robertson reacted to it, fulfilling many a Liverpool fan’s fantasy by shoving Silva in the back and seemingly telling him to “f**k off.” But for Liverpool, the outcome was elation, and a vindication of the switch to put the 30-year-old through the middle. Regardless, the upshot was that The whole approach would have collapsed with a below-par display from Elliott. But most of his highlights came in the defensive third. Klopp seemed to indicate that it was a mistake. But there was a layer of frustration in there for Klopp as well. It certainly looked as though Salah was about to be hooked for the final 20 minutes or so, with Klopp looking to inject renewed energy into the spirited Liverpool performance. Andy Robertson was one of many to epitomise that at various points throughout the contest. The foul by Liverpool confounded all of the pre-game expectations with a magnificent performance against Manchester City.
Man City and leading man Erling Haaland have finally met their match, suffering their first loss of the season to Liverpool and Mohamed Salah.
Then they head to Germany where they will face Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League on Oct. Manchester City in all competitions, and four of the last five in the Premier League. Then they take the road to face Nottingham Forest in league play on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. Manchester City: The Citizens host Brighton & Hove Albion next weekend in Premier League action on Saturday at 10 a.m. Fabinho on the result, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "It was really important to win today in front of our fans after a really good game we played against Rangers. Liverpool: The Reds have a quick turnaround as they host West Ham United in Premier League action on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. His six shots against Liverpool was his most without a goal in his club career since Jan 1. Guardiola on the disallowed goal: "The referee came to the coaches and said play on, play on. Against the best team in the world it is incredibly hard, but we deserved the three points with an incredible performance. Haaland had scored in each of his last 10 games in all competitions. [Report: Liverpool 1-0 Man City](/soccer/match?gameId=637924) LIVERPOOL, England -- Liverpool beat Manchester City 1-0 on Sunday, a result that was more notable, perhaps, for who scored than who didn't.
Manchester City did not take the game to Liverpool and were subsequently punished by their rivals.
It does, however, stem the City momentum and give encouragement to one of their biggest rivals at a time when they have not been flush with it. City could not find a response as Haaland failed to score for the first time in 11 matches, and Anfield roared once more. Gundogan found Haaland on the edge of the box to force a terrific squeezed save from Alisson down to his left, while Elliot's eyes briefly lit up again at the other end only for Foden to come back and put a block in. They went even closer after the break when Phil Foden bundled the ball in following a ludicrous through-ball from De Bruyne to Haaland, only for referee Anthony Taylor to go to the screen and rule it out for a foul in the build-up. More significantly for the team, a potential 16-point gap is now back down to 10 and Jurgen Klopp's challengers can take significant confidence from beating the Blues in the league for the first time since 2019. Diogo Jota flashed a cross across the six-yard box that Ederson did well to beat away, and even then he was fortunate that Andy Robertson's follow-up was smashed over the bar rather than into the top corner.