Time's up!! Liverpool won 2-0 against Man City and consolidated their lead at the top of the table with a gap of 9 points. Man City have dropped to 5th place and are 11 points behind their opponents. They have lost 6 of their last 7 matches in all competitions.
Minute 90: Fans at Anfield shout "You will be sacked tomorrow morning" towards coach Pep Guardiola.
Minute 78: GOAL!!! Salah shot to the right, Ortega could not block despite coming in the right direction.
Minute 68: In the second half, Bernardo Silva played as a number 6, Lewis and Foden retreated deeper, ensuring balance for the midfield. Man City escaped the pressure but did not create any opportunities.
Minute 56: Salah has a huge space to shoot after Akanji's mistake, but he puts the ball out.
Minute 51: Robertson has a long pass for Gakpo to accelerate to face Ortega, unfortunately he cannot score.
Minute 46: The second half begins
End of the first half! Liverpool temporarily took a 1-0 lead but Man City were lucky not to concede another goal.
Minute 42: City still did not have any clear chances and did not show the ability to respond to Liverpool.
Minute 30: Man City has not yet fired a shot towards Liverpool's goal. According to Sky Sports statistics, they have only entered the final third of the opponent's field 5 times.
Minute 19: From a corner kick, the ball was hung into the penalty area and Van Dijk headed the ball wide of the post.
Minute 13: GOAL!! Salah crossed the ball accurately for Gakpo to tap the ball into the net to open the score for Liverpool. No Man City player was marking Gakpo in this situation. The way Akanji was easily overtaken by Salah shows that the blue team's defense is very vulnerable.
Minute 12: Van Dijk jumped high to head the ball against Man City's post.
Minute 7: Liverpool are creating great pressure in the first minutes of the match. Today, Man City chose goalkeeper Ortega to start despite Ederson being completely healthy.
23:00: The match begins!
Pre-match information
Liverpool are flying high under new coach Arne Slot. The Kop have a 15-match unbeaten streak in all competitions, including 14 wins. In the most recent match, Liverpool did not have much difficulty defeating Real Madrid with a score of 2-0 in the Champions League.
In contrast to Liverpool's rise, Man City are entering the most serious crisis period in the reign of coach Pep Guardiola.
The reigning Premier League champions have just ended a streak of 5 consecutive losses with a 3-3 draw with Feyenoord in the Champions League. However, that draw was no different from a defeat for The Citizens when they had led by 3 goals but were still equalized by their opponents. This is the first time Man City have experienced such a long winless streak under Guardiola.
Meanwhile, Liverpool are balanced in both attack and defence. Slot flexibly varies the formation between 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3 depending on the opponent, thereby helping Liverpool transform and make it difficult to predict.
If midfield is a burning issue for Man City, that is Liverpool's strength. The "Red Brigade" owns a versatile midfield and can constantly rotate positions. The ability to develop the ball well is the key to Liverpool's rise since the beginning of the season.
