It was the long-awaited shock of this 28th day of the Premier League. This Sunday, Liverpool hosted Manchester City at Anfield. An important match for the rest of the championship but which did not result in a winner (1-1).
A result which does not really suit the two teams in the race for the title. With this draw, the Reds are tied on points with Arsenal who won this Saturday against Brentford (2-1). Both teams have 64 points.
On the other hand, Manchester City remains in third place in the ranking but just one unit behind its two direct competitors. The next day is also likely to be decisive with Manchester City hosting the Etihad Arsenal on March 31 (5:30 p.m.).
Manchester City starts strong
From the start of the match, the two English behemoths showed that they wanted to take the upper hand and hurt their opponent. There was plenty of action on both sides but ultimately it was City who hit the mark first.
Kevin De Bruyne finds John Stones on a corner taken from right to left at the near post. The Englishman emerges in front of the Reds defense and propels the ball deep with his right foot (1-0.23).
Enterprising and clumsy Reds
As soon as they returned from the locker room, Jurgen Klopp’s men raised the level to try to come back to the score. More aggressive, sharper in transition, the Reds did badly. Darwin Nunez took advantage of a restart error from Nathan Aké to overtake Ederson and cause an undeniable penalty. Alexis Mac Allister transforms it and allows his people to return to the game (1-1, 50th).
Scousers and Citizens will go blow for blow in this second act, although the Reds lacked accuracy and spontaneity in the last gesture like a restless but clumsy Luis Diaz in front of the opposing cage on several occasions.
The last face to face between Klopp and Guardiola in the Premier League therefore ended in a fairly spectacular draw.
