Manchester City vs Liverpool summary: score, goals and highlights, Premier League
Manchester City 2-2 Liverpool: as it happened
That's all from us this evening. It was a thrilling game at the Etihad and the title race is still on. Thanks for your company today!
Liverpool with tougher run-in
We're as we were before this game. City maintain their 1-point lead at the top of the table.
Liverpool have the more difficult run-in over the remaining seven games so I think City will be the happier of the sides this evening. City could easily go unbeaten between now and the end of the season.
Easy, Pep
Guardiola heads for Klopp at full-time.
We all enjoyed that one
City had the better of it but Liverpool are still in the title race with seven games remaining.
City stay top with draw
Man City keep their 1-point lead at the top of the Premier League table with their 2-2 draw against Liverpool.
FT: Manchester City 2-2 Liverpool
And Anthony Taylor blows the whistle at the Etihad. It was an incredible game.
MAHREZ!!!
He tries to clip it over Alisson but it's well over the bar. What a chance that is for Mahrez. De Bruyne does so well to pick him out.
What a game this has been.
90 seconds left!
City clear the free. It's Rodri with the header.
De Bruyne fouls Fabinho and now Liverpool have a free-kick. Alexander Arnold stands over it.
There will be four minutes of added time.
MAHREZ!!!
So close! It's comes off the side of the post. Superb effort by the Algerian.
Van Dijk gets a yellow for taking De Bruyne down. City have a free in a good area.
Cancelo puts a cross in from the left but it flies wide. He overhits it and Liverpool have a goalkick. City are dominating again.
Matip clears Cancelo's cross. City have a throw deep in the Liverpool half. He finds Grealish. It's played back inside as Liverpool defend deeply.
Will we get a late winner?
Both sets of players are looking more tired now after a pulsating 80+ minutes.
De Bruyne is now down after Thiago takes him out. Thiago should get a booking for that. He has already been booked too!
Liverpool substitution
OFF Mané
ON Firmino
De Bruyne crosses the free to the back stick but Rodri can't get to it. 2-2
City change
OFF Jesus
ON Grealish
Fabinho gets a deserved yellow card.
Cancelo has been playing as a LB, LWB and LW today. He has an incredible engine. De Bruyne has also been in a very advance role.
Silva is clipped by Fabinho. City have a free-kick.
Guardiola grabs Cancelo to give him some last-minute motivation as he goes to take a throw-in. He grabs him around the neck in the friendliest way possible...
Luis Díaz charges down the left. Fabinho then gives it back to City. it's 2-2 with just over 10 minutes to go.
Liverpool change
OFF Henderson
ON Keita
That's some nice link up play between Alexander Arnold and Henderson down the right. Liverpool have a corner. City clear the corner.
Mahrez is on: the definition of strength in depth.
Man City change
OFF Sterling
ON Mahrez
Gabriel Jesus smashes it into the side netting. De Bruyne is absolutely livid that he didn't cut it back. De Bruyne was wide open in the box.
SALAH!
Salah cuts in on his left from the right. It's heading for the far corner. It comes off Laporte's leg and goes wide. Anthony Taylor has somehow missed that. It was a clear and obvious corner for Liverpool.
Jota scored in the 13th minute and makes way for Colombia international Luis Díaz.
Liverpool change
OFF Diogo Jota
ON Luis Díaz
This is the type of game you would have no problem watching back.
Luis Díaz (25) is about to come in for Liverpool. He scored during the week against Benfica in Liverpool's 3-1 win.
This has been end to end. It's full of intensity, with the best players in the world really going for it. City have started to control the game again after Liverpool had their brief spell. 2-2
Sterling has been flagged for offside so we're back to 2-2!
Sterling scores against his former side!
GOOOOOOOOOAAAAL!
STERLING SCORES!!!
Jesus does so well, and makes his way across the box. Van Dijk clears it off the line. Liverpool are now struggling to keep possession of the ball.
Liverpool losing at the break for first time this season
Liverpool found themselves trailing at the break for the first time in the Premier League all season.
Foden whips it into the box, Van Dijk clears. Henderson then plays it forward to Salah.
Liverpool are having their spell after City were quite dominant in the first half.
City now have a free kick near the halfway line as Thiago fouls Jesus. I'm quite surprised the Spaniard isn't booked for that challenge.
Breathtaking stuff here. The neutral won't want this one to stop. Anthony Taylor, to be fair to him, has let the game flow.
Ederson saves from Jota
Salah flicks a ball into the path of Jota and it's a very good by the Brazilian netminder. Liverpool have lifted it and there is still a long way to go.
Liverpool have definitely started better in this half. Mané is 30 today. That birthday cake will taste even sweeter with victory this evening.
Man City 2-2 Liverpool
Mané equalises for Liverpool at the Etihad. Maybe Klopp's half-time speech did work.
Salah picks out Mané in the box and Mané fires past Ederson. It's a superb ball from Salah and after just 47 seconds Liverpool have scored. 2-2
Pep slumps in his seat.
Gooooooooooooooool!!!!
SADIO MANÉ SCORES!
Liverpool needed that half-time whistle. What will Klopp have said to them at the break? They definitely needed to regroup and reorganise.
Man City get us underway for the second 45.
The players are back on the pitch as the second half is about to get underway.
Liverpool player Luis Diaz is warming up. Klopp could be set to make a couple of changes.
It's 2-1 to the Premier League champions at the break.
A pulsating affair
City are ahead thanks to goals from De Bruyne and Jesus.
Half-time: Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool
Manchester City are deservedly ahead at the break. De Bruyne put the home side ahead early on. Jota then equalised for Liverpool before Jesus slotted home to give City the edge.
There will be two additional minutes played.
Huge save by Alisson!
Foden swings the free in low. Laporte shoots but Alisson tips it onto the post. It could've been three!
Guardiola is winning the tactical battle with Klopp on a sunny day in Manchester.
Robertson gets a vital touch to take it off Sterling's foot as he races into the box. More excellent play from City down the left.
City have been really energetic, winning it back when they lose possession. Foden crosses to Sterling in the box. Liverpool do well to clear.
So, three goals in the opening 40 minutes. I think we'll have more. It has been wide open. A cracking first half. Liverpool's forwards haven't really shone today but you can never rule them out.
Jesus fires City into the lead
The Brazilian takes his goal really well and City are deservedly winning 2-1. It's his third league goal of the season.
Cancelo whips it in from the left. Jesus make a great run in behind and guides it into the top of the net, past Alisson. Great finish. City are in front!
Gooooooooooooooooool!!!
GABRIEL JESUS SCORES!
De Bruyne plays it across the goal. Matip clears it out for a corner.
Cancelo shoots wide!
Laporte picks Cancelo out with another long ball. He cuts inside and hits the side netting. City's long ball plan is working a treat against Liverpool's high line. 1-1
Manchester City always look to have all three options available to them when under pressure: go short, find the player between the lines, or look to punish in behind.
De Bruyne shoots!
It flies past the near post. Laporte finds Cancelo with a long ball. Liverpool's high line has been done once again. Cancelo finds De Bruyne, who scuffs his shot wide.
Robertson pulls De Bruyne down and gets a yellow card from Anthony Taylor. City's forwards have been impressive. Foden is drifting. Jesus is playing through the middle. Liverpool remain under pressure.
De Bruyne on fire
Kevin De Bruyne has scored six goals in his last six games for Manchester City.
Rodri heads just wide from a De Bruyne cross. There have plenty of mistakes today, but it has been pulsating.
Ederson nearly put the ball into his own net! He receives a back pass and ends up with the ball on his line. Hearts in mouths all over the Etihad.
Rodri has a shot and it flies out for a corner kick after a deflection. De Bruyne sends the corner straight into Alisson's hands.
De Bruyne is playing in an advanced 10 role. He's picking up the loose balls. Liverpool can't handle him.
Robertson clears the first corner of the match. It's a poor corner from Phil Foden.
Walker fins Sterling down the right. He plays it to Jesus, who shoots straight at Alisson.
The travelling Liverpool fans are making themselves heard here. It's 1-1 between the top two Premier League sides.
Only one point separates the two teams in terms of Premier League points collected since the beginning of the 2018-19 season.
After 143 games each, City are just edging it 338 points to 337 points.
Jota equalises for Liverpool
The Portuguese forward has equalised for the away side.
Man City 1-1 Liverpool
Liverpool are right back in it. It's a really well-worked goal involving both fullbacks. Robertson crosses to Alexander Arnold at the back post. The right-back plays it to Jota first time before the Portuguese fires it low past Ederson.
Goooooooooooooooool!!!
JOTA!!!
Mo Salah has only scored one goal in seven games in all competitions. Liverpool haven't been able to keep the ball in the opening 10 minutes.
City are trying to play it in over Liverpool's high line. Liverpool have been quite shaky, and were probably not expecting City's gameplan to be long ball.
De Bruyne gives City the lead
Kevin De Bruyne has the home side ahead against Liverpool.
Well, it has been 100 mile per hour so far. City have an early lead at the Etihad. De Bruyne with his second goal in as many games.
Man City 1-0 Liverpool
De Bruyne strikes from outside the box and it clips off Matip before flying beyond Alisson and into the net.
Goooooooooooooooool!!!
City take the lead!
Alisson slides out to clear the ball as City looked to pounce. Good chance for City, good goalkeeping from Alisson.
Alexander Arnold plays it long to Salah, but Cancelo deals with it and puts it out for a throw-in.
Liverpool have started high and will apply the press. It's Mané, Jota and Salah in attack.
City have had three throw-ins in the opening 90 seconds.
Anthony Taylor is today's referee.
City are in their all blue kit. Liverpool are in their all red. City play from left to right in this first half.
Liverpool get us underway at the Etihad!
Guardiola has a big welcome for Klopp.
This one is huge. A win for Liverpool today will see them go top of the table for the first time since October 1.
The teams make their way onto the pitch.
Liverpool team vs Man City
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Thiago, Fabinho, Henderson; Salah, Jota, Mané.
City team vs Liverpool
Man City's XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo; Rodrigo, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo; Jesus, Foden, Sterling.
We're just 15 minutes away from kick off in Manchester.
Our prediction today is: Man City 2-1 Liverpool
City will look to dominate possession today.
Liverpool will try to hit the home side on the counter. They will be more direct.
Jesus starts for City
Gabriel Jesus gets a rare start for City today, in what is probably the most surprising element of Pep's XI. Maybe Pep has been overthinking again...
Premier League results
It's full time in the other Premier League games today. A huge win for Norwich at the bottom, giving themselves a glimmer of hope.
Since the Premier League began in 1992, seven clubs have won the title. The most dominant team in Premier League history is Manchester United, who haven’t won the league title since 2013.
Between 1992 and 2013, United lifted the trophy on 13 occasions under former manager Sir Alex Ferguson. But how many Premier League titles has Liverpool won?
Guardiola vs Klopp: career trophies
Pep Guardiola, the best manager of all time for many, has won a remarkable 31 career trophies.
Liverpool XI vs Man City
Jurgen Klopp goes with Salah, Jota and Mané in attack this evening.
Man City starting XI
Man City have announced their team to face Liverpool at the Etihad.
Is this now the biggest game in world football?
The Etihad awaits
Man City recorded a 1-0 win over Atlético at the Etihad midweek. Kevin De Bruyne's second half goal was enough to give Guardiola's side the victory. They travel to Madrid this week for the second leg at the Wanda Metropolitano,
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A single point separates the sides going into the game in Manchester with just eight games remaining this season.
This fixture produces goals and pure excitement, and it is set to be a thrilling contest for neutrals and City and Liverpool fans alike.
Mohamed Salah was in scintillating form the last time the sides faced each other but his form has dipped since then. Will he turn up today? He needs to if Klopp’s team are to beat City.
Liverpool have a tougher run-in and need to get at least a point on Sunday as City could easily go undefeated between now and the end of the season.
First against second
Manchester City and Liverpool are only separated by a point going into today's game. City have 73 points, while Liverpool in second have 72.
The man in the middle
Anthony Taylor takes charge of proceedings this evening.
Taylor will be assisted by Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn, with Andre Marriner the fourth official and Paul Tierney the VAR.
Weather report says perfect conditions
With arguably the two best sides in the world going head to head today, good weather conditions always help.
Kick off at the Etihad gets underway at 5:30 pm local time.
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Continued success on the domestic front didn’t come until fairly recently for Manchester City.
The club was founded in 1880 but their first league title, the old Division One, didn’t arrive until the 1936/7 season and they had to wait another 30 years for the second one. After ending as runners-up in 1903 and 1921, City clinched their first league title in 1937, finishing three points ahead of Charlton Athletic.
Wilf Wild’s team went from one extreme to the other, the defending champions dropped down a division the following season in spite of scoring 80 goals - more than the team who lifted the trophy, Arsenal.
Manchester City vs Liverpool: live
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