Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City: Mohamed Salah scores winner

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By Phil McNultyChief shot writer astatine Anfield

Last updated connected 6 minutes ago.From the conception Premier League

Liverpool enactment their caller Premier League struggles down them to extremity Manchester City's unbeaten tally successful an enthralling and hot-tempered brushwood astatine Anfield, which saw Jurgen Klopp sent off.

City, fuelled by the goals of Erling Haaland, were successful premier information but Liverpool yet recovered the signifier which has deserted them for overmuch of the play to flooded the reigning champions.

Haaland, for once, was not connected the scoresheet and it was Liverpool's talisman Mohamed Salah who made the captious contribution, racing connected to a clearance from keeper Alisson aft Joao Cancelo's gaffe to bushed Ederson with a composed decorativeness with 14 minutes left.

Ederson had produced a superb prevention to contradict Salah successful a akin one-on-one concern portion City manager Pep Guardiola was furious that a Phil Foden extremity that would person enactment his broadside up was ruled retired by the video adjunct referee for Haaland's foul connected Fabinho.

This was not to beryllium Haaland's day, though helium did bring 2 saves from Alisson, but Anfield was near exultant arsenic Liverpool astatine past showed wherefore they person consistently been City's biggest threat.

In a frantic finale, tempers boiled implicit and Klopp was sent disconnected by referee Anthony Taylor for his protests aft helium felt Salah was fouled - but erstwhile temperatures chill helium volition beryllium overjoyed by a connection win.

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Liverpool

Squad number1Player nameAlisson
Squad number7Player nameMilner
Squad number2Player nameGomez
Squad number4Player namevan Dijk
Squad number26Player nameRobertson
Squad number3Player nameFabinho
Squad number6Player nameThiago Alcántara
Squad number19Player nameElliott
Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah
Squad number20Player nameDiogo Jota
Squad number9Player nameRoberto Firmino

Squad number14Player nameHenderson
Squad number21Player nameTsimikas
Squad number27Player nameNúñez
Squad number28Player nameFábio Carvalho
Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold

Manchester City

Squad number31Player nameEderson
Squad number7Player nameJoão Cancelo
Squad number25Player nameAkanji
Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias
Squad number6Player nameAké
Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne
Squad number16Player nameRodri
Squad number8Player nameGündogan
Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva
Squad number9Player nameHaaland
Squad number47Player nameFoden

Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez

Line-ups

Liverpool

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Alisson
7Milner
2Gomez
4van Dijk
26Robertson
3FabinhoBooked astatine 63minsSubstituted forHendersonat 73'minutes
6Thiago AlcántaraBooked astatine 84mins
19ElliottSubstituted forFreitas Gouveia Carvalhoat 73'minutes
11SalahSubstituted forAlexander-Arnoldat 90'minutes
20JotaBooked astatine 90minsSubstituted forTsimikasat 90+9'minutes
9FirminoSubstituted forNúñezat 72'minutes

Substitutes

14Henderson
17Jones
21Tsimikas
27Núñez
28Freitas Gouveia Carvalho
43Bajcetic
47Phillips
62Kelleher
66Alexander-Arnold

Man City

Formation 4-3-3

31Ederson
7Cancelo
25AkanjiBooked astatine 78mins
3Rúben Dias
6Aké
17De Bruyne
16Rodri
8GündoganSubstituted forÁlvarezat 89'minutes
20Bernardo Silva
9Haaland
47Foden

Substitutes

10Grealish
14Laporte
18Ortega
19Álvarez
21Gómez
26Mahrez
80Palmer
82Lewis
97Wilson-Esbrand

Live Text

Match ends, Liverpool 1, Manchester City 0.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 1, Manchester City 0.
Hand shot by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
Substitution, Liverpool. Konstantinos Tsimikas replaces Diogo Jota due to the fact that of an injury.
Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) with an effort from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical close corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
Rodri (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Fábio Carvalho (Liverpool).
Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the six gait container misses to the right. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
Offside, Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold tries a done ball, but Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
Diogo Jota (Liverpool) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
João Cancelo (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
Substitution, Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold replaces Mohamed Salah.
Substitution, Manchester City. Julián Álvarez replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Fábio Carvalho (Liverpool).
Attempt blocked. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
(Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).

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