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Anfield was on the side of’Man City’.
On the 8th at 1:30 am, the match between Manchester City vs Liverpool was held at Anfield (Liverpool home stadium).
The result of the match was a 4:1 perfect victory for Manchester City, and this day’s victory is inevitably more valuable to Manchester City as the opponent is the Premier League defending champion and winner Liverpool.
Manchester City was quiet in the first half. However, when entering the second half, Man City attacked in earnest and pressed the opponent. In the 3rd minute of the second half, Man City Ilkai Kwon Doan quickly pushed the ball that had flowed out from the opposing goalkeeper with his right foot to score the opening goal. This goal is also a catch-up goal for Kwon Do-an’s loss of a penalty kick in the first half. After that, Liverpool Mohammed Salah’s penalty goal seemed to rebalance the match, but Man City advanced 3:1 due to two fatal mistakes by the opposing goalkeeper in the 27th minute and 30th minute of the second half. In the 38th minute of the second half, Man City Phil Foden struck Liverpool’s pride in Anfield with a powerful left footed shot.
Man City has recently won 10 consecutive league wins, while Liverpool are on the humiliating path of losing three straight victories at home, Anfield, after losing against Burnley and Brighton.
Man City is firmly maintaining the top position in the league with 15 wins, 5 draws, 2 losses and 50 points. In addition, even with one less game played, there is a 5 point difference from Manchester United, who is second in the league.
On the other hand, Liverpool are in fourth place in the league with 11 wins, 7 draws, 5 losses and 40 points, and there is room for change in the rankings at any time, with only 1 point difference from 5th place Chelsea and 6th place West Ham.
After the game, Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp told Sky Sports in England, “I think our players played good games most of the time. I looked at the game differently. It was a type of game I really liked. I played really good soccer, but in the second half, Man City changed the system a bit. It took some time to get used to it, and it gave me too many opportunities to allow the first run.” Admitted defeat. “Now Liverpool’s goal is to maintain TOP4,” he vowed.
Man City is ahead of the league match against Tottenham at 2:30 am on the 14th. The two teams had their first match-up in November last year, with Tottenham winning 2:0. We are looking forward to seeing what Man City, who is on a terrifying rise, will look like in the match against Tottenham.