Liverpool v Manchester City LIVE: Result and reaction after leaders pile more misery on Pep Guardiola’s side
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester City: The hosts dominated at Anfield to open up a nine-point lead at the top of the table
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool confirmed their place as top contenders for the Premier League title as they piled yet more misery on Manchester City with a 2-0 victory at Anfield.
Arne Slot’s extended their advantage at the top of the table to nine points and now lead their long-time title rivals by 11 points. Cody Gakpo turned home the opener early on after a rampant start from the hosts as Mohamed Salah laid a goal on a plate for his front-three colleague, with Liverpool unfortunate not to add to their tally in a dominant first-half performance.
Things continued in much the same vein after the interval, with Salah adding a second from the spot with a cool and crisp penalty. It extended Manchester City’s run of games without a win to seven in all competitions, leaving any prospect of a title challenge surely slim.
Re-live all of the action from Anfield in our live blog below:
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester City
86 mins
It’s all gone a bit pedestrian at Anfield, which will obviously suit the hosts. Savinho gives the ball away in midfield and Jones pounces, playing it forward to Diaz, but the home side decide to recycle possession.
Chants of “sacked in the morning” ring around the stadium towards Guardiola.
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester City
83 mins
Almost a moment of madness as van Dijk hesitates on the ball and De Bruyne dispossesses him to break through one-on-one, but Kelleher races off his line to prevent the shot.
Salah comes off for Liverpool, and he’s replaced by Curtis Jones.
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester City
82 mins
City attack again but once again Doku just runs into a wall of red shirts, before Dias hits a tame shot from distance that dribbles through to Kelleher.
It looks done and dusted here.
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester City
79 mins
Guardiola has made two more changes, as Lewis and Foden come off for De Bruyne and Grealish.
GOAL! Liverpool 2-0 Manchester City
78 mins
GOAL! And that could be that.
Salah steps up and rifles his penalty low and into the corner, beating Ortega with a mix of great power and placement.
PENALTY TO LIVERPOOL! Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
77 mins
PENALTY! It all comes from a City mistake. Akanji is dawdling in possession and Diaz pounces, taking it off Walker, and he’s clean through. He rushes onto the ball on the edge of the box and pokes it past Ortega, who had come off his line, and he’s taken down for the penalty!
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
75 mins
It’s good play from van Dijk to break into the City half and thread a pass to Nunuez, but the Uruguayan can’t make the most of it.
For reference, Slot has asked Quansah to move to right-back, not Gomez.
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
72 mins
Doku’s dribbling has been good but his final ball has been disappointing on at least three occasions now. City are still yet to register a shot on target.
Liverpool make two changes, as Jarell Quansah and Darwin Nunez replace Alexander-Arnold and Cody Gakpo. That presumably means Gomez will shift to right-back.
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
70 mins
City are faring far better at the moment, and have some more threat in attack through Doku and Savinho, but the Liverpool defence has remained impressive so far, with Alexander-Arnold the latest to dispossess a City player in the box.
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