Liverpool end Man City winning streak as Salah beats Haaland in the battle of forwards

LIVERPOOL, England -- Liverpool bushed Manchester City 1-0 connected Sunday, a effect that was much notable, perhaps, for who scored than who didn't. The utter dominance of Man City and Erling Haaland yet came to a halt, astatine slightest for now, and it was Mohamed Salah and Liverpool who did it.

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ESPN's Mark Ogden has absorption and investigation from Anfield.

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Rapid reaction

1. Haaland's scoring streak ends arsenic City's unbeaten tally ends, courtesy of Salah

Mohamed Salah won the conflict of the forwards astatine Anfield, scoring a second-half victor successful a 1-0 triumph against Manchester City connected a time erstwhile Erling Haaland's unthinkable extremity scoring streak came to an end.

Salah -- who scored the fastest-ever Champions League hat-trick during a six-minute extremity spree against Rangers connected Wednesday -- pounced connected a mistake by Joao Cancelo earlier racing wide and beating goalkeeper Ederson successful the 76th infinitesimal of a tempestuous clash against the reigning champions which ended with Liverpool manager sent disconnected by referee Anthony Taylor.

Salah's extremity ensured a important triumph for Klopp's squad who stay 10 points down City and 14 adrift of Premier League leaders Arsenal. The effect besides ends City's unbeaten commencement to the season, denying Pep Guardiola's squad the accidental of emulating Arsenal's 2004 Invincibles by going done a play without defeat.

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In the caller contented of meetings betwixt these 2 sides, some teams created chances to triumph a high-tempo crippled which suggested that Liverpool, contempt their dilatory commencement to the season, stay a world-class squad susceptible of winning large honours.

Injuries to a fig of cardinal players had weakened Liverpool, but aft withstanding dense City unit successful the first-half and a disallowed Phil Foden extremity connected 53 minutes, they took the pb erstwhile Salah scored his 11th extremity successful 15 games this season.

The Egyptian is inactive 9 goals down Haaland, who has his 20 for City this season, but Salah delivers successful the large games erstwhile it matters astir and helium did truthful again to respire caller beingness into Liverpool's season.

2. Gomez's shines arsenic Liverpool neutralise Haaland

Joe Gomez has endured a pugnacious play astatine Liverpool, with a woeful show past period during the 4-1 Champions League decision astatine Napoli proving to beryllium the nadir -- but the England planetary was outstanding alongside Virgil van Dijk successful a makeshift back-four that nullified Haaland.

Facing Haaland is simply a situation for immoderate defender, but the 25-year-old has had to flooded wounded and signifier issues successful caller months, truthful was lone successful the squad due to the fact that of injuries to Joel Matip and Ibrahima Konate.

But betwixt him and Van Dijk, Gomez unopen down Haaland and near the in-form striker with his archetypal goalless crippled since facing Bournemouth 2 weeks agone - a tally of 10 games successful each competitions.

And though Haaland went adjacent with 2 bully headers, helium ne'er threatened to destruct Liverpool arsenic helium has done to different opponents this season.

Gomez has pace, strength, composure and an quality to work the crippled and his calmness shone done successful a back-four that relied connected erstwhile City midfielder James Milner to plug the spread astatine right-back caused by Trent Alexander-Arnold's deficiency of fitness.

And with injuries opening to equine for England up of the World Cup adjacent month, Gomez could yet marque a precocious surge into Gareth Southgate's squad if helium tin support his instrumentality to form.

3. Anfield gets Guardiola again

There's thing astir Anfield that brings retired a antithetic broadside to Pep Guardiola and we saw it again during Sunday's high-octane brushwood with Liverpool.

Whether it is the Anfield atmosphere, the unusually-tight playing country oregon the information that Jurgen Klopp's squad person been a changeless menace to his ain broadside passim the past 5 years, the City manager allows himself to get rattled much than astatine immoderate different stadium.

After seeing a Phil Foden extremity successful the second-half disallowed pursuing a VAR cheque which penalised a foul by Haaland connected Fabinho, Guardiola was incandescent, contempt the close determination yet being made by referee Anthony Taylor.

Guardiola's absorption to the extremity adjacent being checked was small abbreviated of petulant, arsenic though it was an injustice for it to beryllium checked, but erstwhile the extremity was ruled out, the erstwhile Barcelona manager past turned to the Main Stand and started to goad the Liverpool fans by urging them to marque much noise.

It was the benignant of effect you would expect from Jose Mourinho alternatively than Guardiola, but it is not the archetypal clip helium has allowed the Anfield ambiance to get the amended of him.

Guardiola's lone triumph astatine Liverpool since taking complaint astatine City successful 2016 came successful February 2021, erstwhile his broadside won 4-1.

But that was during the COVID-19 lockdown play erstwhile stadiums were empty. So Guardiola is inactive waiting for his archetypal triumph successful beforehand of fans astatine Anfield, and it shows.

Player ratings

LIVERPOOL: Alisson 8, Milner 7, Gomez 8, Van Dijk 7, Robertson 7; Fabinho 7, Thiago 7, Elliott 7; Jota 6, Firmino 6, Salah 7.

SUBS: Nunez 6, Henderson 6, Carvalho 6, Tsimikas 6.

MAN CITY: Ederson 7; Cancelo 6, Dias 6, Akanji 7, Ake 7; De Bruyne 7, Rodri 7, Gundogan 6; Bernardo Silva 6, Haaland 6, Foden7.

SUBS: Alvarez 6.

Best and worst performers

BEST: Alisson Becker, Liverpool

The goalkeeper won his idiosyncratic conflict with Erling Haaland, keeping the City guardant frustrated with a fig of cardinal saves. A cleanable expanse against Haaland is simply a rarity for immoderate keeper this season.

WORST: Joao Cancelo, Manchester City

A pugnacious telephone connected a time erstwhile some sides played retired a classical astatine Anfield, but Cancelo made the decisive mistake that outgo his squad the game.

Highlights and notable moments

Manchester City thought they had taken the pb successful the 54th infinitesimal done a Foden goal, but a VAR reappraisal determined that Haaland had committed a foul connected the lead-up to the goal.

Guardiola was furious, but you tin spot the footage for yourself:

Liverpool yet recovered their pb successful the 75th infinitesimal erstwhile goalkeeper Alisson punted the shot upfield for Salah to tally onto. Salah finished with a spot to bushed Man City goalkeeper Ederson 1v1.

But however astir that goalkeeper assistance though, eh?

After the match: What the players and managers said

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Key stats (provided by ESPN Stats & Information)

• Salah snapped his five-match scoreless drought successful the Premier League. Liverpool is 73-5-16 (.862 triumph percentage) successful Premier League matches erstwhile Salah scores astatine slightest 1 goal.

• This lucifer marked the 5th clip Man City has had a extremity overruled by VAR successful the past 2 Premier League seasons, tied with West Ham and Arsenal for the astir specified instances.

Up next

Liverpool: The Reds person a speedy turnaround arsenic they big West Ham United successful Premier League enactment connected Wednesday, Oct. 19 astatine 2:30 p.m. Then they instrumentality the roadworthy to look Nottingham Forest successful league play connected Saturday, Oct. 22 astatine 7:30 a.m. ET.

Manchester City: The Citizens big Brighton & Hove Albion adjacent play successful Premier League enactment connected Saturday, Oct. 22 astatine 10 a.m. ET. Then they caput to Germany wherever they volition look Borussia Dortmund successful the UEFA Champions League connected Tuesday, Oct. 25 astatine 3 p.m.