This Saturday Manchester City received Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium, in a match corresponding to day 29 of the Premier League and that left a bulky score of 4-1 for the locals, who despite not having their star Erling Haaland , they kept the three points and do not give up in the fight for the lead.
The action in the match started early by Liverpool, who started with intensity and got the first goal after 17 minutes through Mohamed Salah after a long pass from Alexander Arnold to Diogo Jota, the Portuguese held and pivoted the ball so that Salah will go in with everything and hit an impossible left foot for goalkeeper Ederson to stop.
But the advantage of the Reds was short-lived because at minute 27 an excellent collective play between Ryad Mahrez in speed towards the middle, delivered for Gundogan and he opened for Jack Grealish who assisted Julián Álvarez entering the area to push it and beat the goal of Allison.
The first half would end evenly but just a minute into the second half Kevin De Bruyne put the team up citizen defining a left-footed ball exactly crossed by Mahrez. Shortly after, in fraction 56, the third goal for the locals arrived with another excellent collective play that Gundogan ultimately ended up sending into the back of the net.
The final thrust came at minute 74, once again De Bruyne assisting a Grealish in the center of the area who came in and almost fell off, defining the final 4-1 from the right.
With this victory, City is second in the table, 5 points behind Arsenal and does not allow the London team to extend its advantage in the fight for the Premier League, which only has 9 games left for its final.
On the other hand, Liverpool is still in crisis and they have already lost 3 games in the final, two for the Premier League and the return of the Champions League against Real Madrid, Klopp’s men are sixth in the table and their participation in one of the European competitions for the next season.
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