It is too soon to say City's chances of a third straight title are over, but there is now absolutely no room for error for Guardiola's side.With four yellow cards to his name this term, Fabinho has been walking the fabled 'disciplinary tightrope'. Premier League Match Report for Manchester City v Liverpool on 2 July 2020, includes all goals and incidents. Have your say on the game in the comments. The visitors had started brightly, Mohamed Salah crashing a low effort against the post inside the opening 20 minutes.City soon hit the front, though, De Bruyne stroking home a 25th-minute penalty after Sterling was hauled down by Joe Gomez following a sumptuous turn.Sterling made it 2-0 when he collected Foden's pass inside the area and cleverly clipped past Alisson from eight yards.Foden added a sublime third shortly before the break, firing over Alisson after the brilliant De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan had combined to carve open Liverpool's defence.Substitute Oxlade-Chamberlain then turned into his own net in the 66th minute as he stretched to clear Sterling's effort on goal.City substitute Riyad Mahrez had a stoppage-time goal ruled out by VAR after a handball by Foden in the build-up, but it mattered little as the damage had been well and truly inflicted on Klopp's men by then.Given the scoreline, you would be forgiven for thinking Klopp had decided to field a team of youngsters following their confirmation as Premier League champions.
Read about Liverpool v Man City in the Premier League 2018/19 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League. AG July 18, 2020 July 18, 2020. They were no match for a City side clearly hurt by losing their title last week, though.Pep Guardiola will have seen this as an opportunity to lay down a marker for next season and his side did not let him down.
Roll on the 2020-21 campaign.Gomez and Sterling had a spat while on England duty last year and the Liverpool defender had a torrid time against his international colleague here.The City man forced Gomez into a foul for De Bruyne's penalty and generally ran him ragged throughout.- Liverpool's two heaviest Premier League defeats under Jurgen Klopp have both been at the Etihad Stadium against Manchester City.Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool: New champions thrashed by rampant hosts Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden were on target as Manchester City ran riot against an uncharacteristically poor Liverpool. Platform. Hesgoal Manchester City Liverpool pronostico DIRETTA LIVE Domani sera, alle ore 21:15, scendono in campo Manchester City e Liverpool, gara valevole per la trentaduesima giornata di Premier League. The Reds' first top-flight title in 30 years was confirmed when City lost to A Kevin De Bruyne penalty and clinical finishes from Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden put the game to bed before half-time, while an Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain own goal in the second half added to the ignominy.Liverpool remain a whopping 20 points ahead of City, who are 11 clear of third-place 1 - Phil Foden has scored and assisted in the same game for the first time in the Premier League, while he is the youngest player to do so in a game against Liverpool in the competition (20y 35d). The - Liverpool have won 11 of their first 12 Premier League games this season and lead the table by eight points – only - City manager Guardiola has lost eight matches in all competitions against Klopp – three more than he has against any other manager.- This was the second time this season City have conceded three goals in a Premier League game (also 3-2 against Norwich) – they only did so once last season, losing 3-2 to - Liverpool’s Salah has been involved in 69 goals in 60 appearances at Anfield for the Reds in all competitions (51 goals, 18 assists), scoring in three of his four home appearances against Man City in that time.- Guardiola has lost more away games at Anfield against Liverpool than he has at any other ground in all competitions (four defeats).- Fabinho’s goal was Liverpool’s ninth from outside the box in all competitions this season – more than any other Premier League side.- Since August 2018, Mane has scored 22 Premier League goals at Anfield for Liverpool – more than any other player has scored at a single venue in that time.- Since the start of last season, only Bournemouth's Ryan Fraser (16) has provided more Premier League assists than Liverpool full-back Robertson (15).- This is the fewest points Guardiola has won through his first 12 top-flight league matches of a season (25), and the first time he has been more than three points behind the top of the table at this stage of the season (nine points currently).- This was Aguero’s ninth match at Anfield against Liverpool in all competitions for City – he has never scored there for City, attempting 14 shots without success across those nine games.Liverpool take a sizeable lead at the top of the table into the international window and resume Premier League duties at Crystal Palace on November 23. Fabinho rifled the Reds into a sixth-minute lead moments after the visitors were left seething when Trent Alexander-Arnold was not punished for a seeming handball in the penalty area.Mohamed Salah doubled the lead in a pulsating start and Sadio Mane completed the ransacking early in the second half as Liverpool's hopes of ending 30 years of title pain earned a monumental boost despite Bernardo Silva's 78th-minute strike giving the visitors late hope of a revival.Liverpool – who are now unbeaten in 17 Premier League contests with City at Anfield – have an eight-point lead over City were outraged not to be awarded a fifth-minute penalty for handball against Alexander-Arnold and their sense of injustice was exacerbated less 60 seconds later when Fabinho picked up Ilkay Gundogan's poor clearance and lashed home an unstoppable 25-yard thunderbolt.Despite the setback, the away side continued to press the issue but Raheem Sterling wastefully headed wide from Kevin De Bruyne's whipped free-kick and City were made to pay.Alexander-Arnold's exquisite cross-field ball found Andy Robertson, whose sublime left-wing cross was nodded home by Salah.Sergio Aguero tested Alisson and surprise inclusion Angelino clipped the post in an action-packed first half, while Roberto Firmino and Salah drew good stops from City's stand-in keeper Claudio Bravo.The game was essentially put to bed six minutes after the restart when Jordan Henderson hung up a wonderful cross from the right that Mane gleefully headed in at the far post.Sterling and Alexander-Arnold were both denied penalties before City game themselves a glimmer of hope when Angelino's low centre was drilled home, via a slight kiss of the post, from Silva.City had Liverpool on edge again shortly after but Gabriel Jesus failed to make clean contact when Sterling had seemingly laid one on a plate.Another claim for handball against Alexander-Arnold went unheard and Jesus wasted another golden opportunity as Liverpool saw it out to lay down a huge marker.Talk of diving and 'tactical fouls' dominated the build-up to this blockbuster clash but any thought Liverpool may have been rattled by the perceived attempt at mind games was quickly dispelled. 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