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 1-0 Manchester City
47 mins
Walker gets forward and City find him, but he’s well offside.
The camera pans to De Bruyne warming up on the sideline.
KICK-OFF! Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
The away side get us started in the second half – will Liverpool go 11 points clear of their opponents come the end of play?
HALF-TIME! Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
Both sides are re-emerging from the tunnel, so we’ll be back underway soon.
HALF-TIME! Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
It was a remarkable half in ways, perhaps mostly in that Liverpool are only one goal ahead.
They made a blistering start and were on top for almost the entire 45 minutes, creating chance after chance in the opening 20 or so.
The pace fell a little midway into the half when City settled, though the hosts didn’t allow them a single chance of note.
City weren’t bad, so to speak, in the final 20 minutes or so, but they just look a bit flat and disjointed in attack.
HALF-TIME! Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
HALF-TIME! Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
48 mins
HALF-TIME!
The referee brings the first half to an end and Liverpool go in ahead at the break, though City are still in this (barely).
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
46 mins
The corner comes to nothing as Szoboszlai squares it to Alexander-Arnold, who fires well over from distance.
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
45 mins
There’ll be three minutes of added time here, as a Liverpool counter is stopped as Ake intercepts Diaz’s pass. Moments later, Salah runs at the Dutchman again and wins a corner.
Akanji is another player into the referee’s book, after a late challenge of his own.
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
44 mins
City are enjoying more possession over the last few minutes, but they can’t make anything of it yet. It’s all a bit static at the moment.
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
41 mins
The match has certainly settled down now as we approach half-time, but little has changed in terms of Liverpool’s overall control.
The hosts have obviously not been able to keep up the same level of early pressing, but they’re limiting City whenever they do have it.
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