Liverpool vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Mohamed Salah seals narrow win
Liverpool got their season back on track with a narrow win over title contenders Manchester City
Liverpool host Manchester City this afternoon in a clash of last year’s Premier League title rivals. City beat Liverpool by just one point to claim the trophy for the second consecutive season but the teams have got off to contrasting starts this year.
Jurgen Klopp’s side sit 11th having collected just two wins from their eight matches so far. It is the Reds worst start to a Premier League season in 10 years and leaves them 13 points behind Pep Guardiola’s men already. After their 3-2 defeat to Arsenal last weekend Klopp admitted that his team are already out of the title race but that he will continue to search for a winning equation whilst dealing with injuries and changes to his tried-and-tested 4-3-3 formation.
In comparison Manchester City are right where they want to be. They come into the game sitting second in the table just behind Arsenal who are led by Guardiola’s former assistant coach Mikel Arteta. They are looking for their 11th consecutive victory across all competitions and with Erling Haaland in the side they have the capabilities to pile further hurt onto Liverpool.
Follow all the action from Anfield as Liverpool take on Manchester City with coverage starting at the conclusion of Aston Villa vs Chelsea:
Mohamed Salah fires Liverpool to victory over Man City as Jurgen Klopp sent-off in tempestuous encounter
Liverpool could not compete with Manchester City, Jurgen Klopp had claimed. And over 38 games this season, he may be right, with the gap still standing at 10 points. But over 90 febrile, fantastic minutes, Liverpool ended the champions’ unbeaten start, offered a reminder of why Anfield remains Pep Guardiola’s bogey ground and Klopp his toughest opponent.
Liverpool have made a premature departure from the title race this season and Klopp exited a famous victory early, sent off for yelling in the linesman Gary Beswick’s ear. His disciplinary record may have deteriorated but on the pitch, he improved an already remarkable statistic. He extended his unrivalled number of wins against Guardiola to 12 and the context made this one of the greatest. Liverpool went from their worst start to a season under him to their best performance since April with a brilliant, blistering display. Whatever the financial disparity between them and City that Klopp referenced on Friday, they demonstrated they can defeat them on the pitch. There was no inferiority complex where it mattered most.
If Liverpool had been a shadow of themselves this season, the same felt true of Mohamed Salah. Yet the defining rivalry in the Premier League in recent years spurred the Footballer of the Year back to a state of high-speed superiority. Erling Haaland seems destined to succeed him as the Golden Boot winner, but Salah was the scorer in their first Premier League duel. After five games without a goal, he scored one that established a four-point lead at the division’s summit: but for Arsenal, not Liverpool or City.
Salah fires Liverpool to victory over Man City as Klopp sent-off in fiery encounter
Liverpool 1-0 Man City: Salah beat Ederson in a one-on-one after the City ‘keeper had earlier denied him in a similar position, before the Reds’ manager was dismissed for berating officials on the sidelines
FT Liverpool 1-0 Man City
That win is just Liverpool’s third victory in the league this season whilst it is also a first defeat for Manchester City who were the only team in the Premier League not to lose before kick off.
FT Liverpool 1-0 Man City
Liverpool’s Alisson has assisted Mohamed Salah three times in the Premier League, the most a goalkeeper has assisted a single player in the competition’s history.
FT Liverpool 1-0 Man City
That defeat means Manchester City drop four points behind league leaders Arsenal. Liverpool are up to eighth after collecting a crucial three points.
They had to dig deep in a terrific, physical and testy encounter at Anfield.
Full-time: Liverpool 1-0 Man City
90+9 mins: Diogo Jota is eventually helped off the pitch and is replaced with Kostas Tsimikas. Who knows how many minutes are left now? Maybe two?
One more chance for City perhaps?
No that’s it, the ball comes over to Alisson. He grabs hold of it and the full time whistle goes to end the game. Liverpool have the points!
Liverpool 1-0 Man City
90+6 mins: Diogo Jota is down with a seeming strained muscle but City play on and De Bruyne lifts a ball into the box from the right side.
Haaland thinks he’s got a free header but Joe Gomez nudges him in the back and the ball bounces up kindly for Alisson to claim.
Liverpool 1-0 Man City
90+3 mins: The noise level inside Anfield has properly ramped up. Every block, every challenge is being met with huge roars.
Close! Darwin Nunez comes flying down the left wing and breezes around Manuel Akanji. He carries the ball into the box then slides a pass over to Alexander-Arnold on the back post.
The substitute has to stretch to reach it and his effort goes wide!
Liverpool 1-0 Man City
90 mins: It’s very scrappy now. Tackles flying in left, right and centre. Players kicking off, loads of argy-bargy. The officials are having a tricky time dealing with this.
Julian Alvarez is on replacing Ilkay Gundogan for Man City. Trent Alexander-Arnold returns for Liverpool to take over from Mo Salah.
Six minutes of added time to play!
Liverpool 1-0 Man City
88 mins: RED CARD! Mo Salah is clattered high up the pitch by Bernardo Silva but the referee lets play go on as City come away with the ball. Salah is fuming and so is Jurgen Klopp.
Klopp is screaming and hollering at the assistant referee and is shown a red for his trouble! The Liverpool manager has to go.
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