Man City vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Riyad Mahrez wastes huge late chance
Manchester City 2-2 Liverpool: Follow the reaction from a thrilling draw in the Premier League as the leaders stay ahead in the title race
Manchester City and Liverpool shared the points in a thrilling draw at the Etihad as the visitors equalised twice to keep the title race alive, despite the Premier League leaders maintaining their slender advantage.
It was City who struck first in a lightening start as Kevin De Bruyne skipped past Fabinho and fired a deflected effort past goalkeeper Alisson inside five minutes, but the Reds responded well and Diogo Jota pulled them level less than 10 minutes later.
Gabriel Jesus, a surprise inclusion in Pep Guardiola’s team, fired the hosts back in front before the break as he latched onto the end of Joao Cancelo’s excellent delivery. Liverpool hit back again, though, as Sadio Mane finished Mohamed Salah’s brilliant pass to equalise just 47 seconds after the restart.
Liverpool were much improved after the break but were handed a lifeline when Raheem Sterling’s goal was disallowed by VAR for offside, before Salah saw a curling effort deflect wide. Riyad Mahrez hit the post with a late free kick, before wasting a huge chance as the breathless contest ended level.
Follow all the reaction and updates as Manchester City and Liverpool shared the points in this potential Premier League decider:
Man City 1 - 1 Liverpool
18 mins: Diogo Jota tries to press John Stones and arrives late with his challenge. The defender releases the ball and is clipped by the Liverpool forward who gives away a free kick.
Man City switch the play out to the right wing where Kyle Walker drives forward. He controls the ball and curls a low cross into the box hoping to pick out Phil Foden near the far post. Virgil van Dijk is aware of the danger and sprints ahead of the midfielder to get to the pass first and boot it out for a corner.
Man City 1 - 1 Liverpool
15 mins: What a game this looks set to be. It’s been incredibly entertaining stuff. Rodri lifts an aerial pass into the box where Raheem Sterling sprints through the line to bring it down. He lays the ball off to Gabriel Jesus who shoots from just inside the box and hits one straight at Alisson.
GOAL! Man City 1 - 1 Liverpool (Jota, 13’)⚽️
13 mins: Equaliser! Liverpool finally compose themselves and string together a few passes to get up the pitch. Thiago Alcantara laces it over to Trent Alexander-Arnold whose cross into the box is cleared to the opposite side of the pitch where Andy Robertson collects the ball. He flicks it back in to the far post where the Liverpool right-back meets the pass on the volley and slots it inside to Diogo Jota. He turns a low shot towards goal and sneaks his effort underneath Ederson who should really keep it out.
Man City 1 - 0 Liverpool
8 mins: Man City have got off to a perfect start. They’re pushing forward and utilising the pace of Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling to get into the Liverpool box. There’s a communication breakdown at the back between Alisson and Virgil van Dijk who attempt to close down the Man City forward. Jesus goes down in the box and wants a penalty but the referee isn’t interested.
GOAL! Man City 1 - 0 Liverpool (De Bruyne, 5’)⚽️
5 mins: City strike first! They should have scored even earlier after a Kevin De Bruyne sent Gabriel Jesus flying forward on the break. He carried the ball past Andy Robertson and squared it to Raheem Sterling whose effort inside the box was saved by Alisson!
The ball gets recycled and City win a free kick that gets taken quickly. It comes to De Bruyne who shimmies around Fabinho and shoots from the edge of the box. Joel Matip attempts to block the shot and the ball takes a deflection moving it away from Alisson. The Liverpool goalkeeper leaps to his left but can’t get there and the ball nestles in the back of the net!
Man City 0 - 0 Liverpool
3 mins: Both teams have started with aggressively high presses when they’re out of possession and have forced the other deep in their own half.
The ball has swapped hands a couple of times with neither team getting into their stride yet.
Kick off: Man City 0 - 0 Liverpool
Let’s get to it then. Jordan Henderson gets the game underway for Liverpool and passes it back to Joel Matip. He sends a diagonal pass over to the left wing but it flies over Sadio Mane and skips out of play.
Manchester City vs Liverpool
Here come the teams. The Etihad is packed for this one. The winners of this game could end up lifting the Premier League title at the end of the season.
If Man City win they’ll move four points clear at the top of the table, if Liverpool are victorious they’ll move ahead of City by two points.
Manchester City vs Liverpool
The warm-ups are over at the Etihad Stadium and it’s almost time for kick off. Which way will this one go? Who will be sitting at the top of the Premier League at the end of the day, Manchester City or Liverpool?
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