Man City vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Trent Alexander-Arnold nets late equaliser

The longer a run goes, Jurgen Klopp had stated, the extra possible it could finish. And if it appeared like wishful pondering when he delivered the thought, a day earlier, occasions – and Trent Alexander-Arnold – made the Liverpool supervisor sound prophetic 24 hours later. Manchester City had received each sport on the Etihad Stadium in 2023, each match since a slightly much less celebrated supervisor, Frank Lampard, earned a 1-1 draw with a slightly much less proficient Everton staff.

Liverpool tackle LASK within the Europa League on Thurday evening earlier than Fulham go to Anfield on Sunday. That 2pm GMT kick off comes a few hours earlier than Manchester City tackle Tottenham in one other important fixture on the high finish of the Premier League. RB Leipzig are the midweek opponents for Pep Guardiola’s aspect.

Micah Richards labelled Manchester City’s efficiency in opposition to Liverpool “very disappointing” after the Premier League champions let a one aim lead slip on the Etihad Stadium and needed to settle of a share of the factors in Saturday’s early kick offs.

City began the match on the entrance foot with Nathan Ake bringing a scuffed clearance from Alisson beneath management earlier than driving previous Trent Alexander-Arnold and slipping a tremendous move into the field for Erling Haaland. The Norwegian striker introduced up his 50th Premier League aim with a fast contact and spin earlier than slotting the ball previous Alisson.

The hosts had a second aim disallowed after Manuel Akanji was judged to have fouled Alisson earlier than Ruben Dias tapped house from shut vary however City by no means absolutely took management of the sport.

Perhaps this was one other trace, one other instance, one more reason why Trent Alexander-Arnold appears to each wish to play additional up and why, finally, he should.

The early knockings of this fixture seemed prefer it could be about who carried out the switching six position higher: the Liverpool man from right-back as common, or Manchester City’s central defender Manuel Akanji, stepping ahead to sit down alongside Rodri. That rotation of place has turn into commonplace for each groups and continued right here, albeit in several methods, and hinted that it could be a decisive issue early on.

Asked whether or not there may very well be any severity of punishment which might make him contemplate his place, Guardiola replied: “It’s query. I’ll reply when I’ve the sentence.

“You are questioning like we have now been punished. And within the second we’re harmless till guilt is confirmed. I do know the folks need it. I do know, I really feel it. I’ll wait.”

A banner calling on Manchester City proprietor Sheikh Mansour and the membership’s followers to assist free a human rights activist was flown over the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

A aircraft carrying the banner ‘UAE: Free Ahmed Mansoor’ circled over the bottom early on within the Premier League fixture between City and Liverpool.

Human rights marketing campaign group Amnesty International organised the flyover and is looking on the United Arab Emirates authorities to behave. Sheikh Mansour is the nation’s deputy prime minister.

“It is a really good moment, to be honest,” Klopp begins on Sky. “It’s a troublesome place to come back. It’s a spot the place it’s important to be able to undergo. I believe if we’d have performed rather well as we speak, we’d have received; we didn’t, we performed okay. Their good moments we felt extra, so we needed to push ourselves once more and exit and give it a correct attempt, tailored barely. Unfortunately we’ve misplaced Diogo now, with a muscle, and possibly Alisson as effectively. We’ll need to see.

“I advised the boys at half-time we may very well be a lot better. We needed to settle a bit of bit. Putting Trent [Alexander-Arnold] in a distinct place defensively plus Dom[inik Szoboszlai] and Mo[hamed Salah] closing that hole higher within the second half gave us rather more stability, and from there we might play soccer ourselves. I’ve nothing to complain about.

“Trent made a distinction as we speak, not simply because he scored, however in lots of different moments as effectively. He had sport.”

A bit of stories from the skies above the Etihad Stadium – Everton followers paid for a aircraft to fly over Manchester through the marquee fixture of the weekend in an obvious protest in opposition to the factors deduction levied by the Premier League final week. Michael Jones has the total story:

“It’s definitely a result that is better than what we got here last year,” Alexander-Arnold tells Sky Sports. “We haven’t had too many good outcomes right here typically, to be sincere – we’ll take the purpose. It wasn’t a tremendous efficiency from us in any respect. We had our possibilities to win the sport.

“I don’t suppose we performed significantly effectively, first half particularly. The method they arrange actually challenged us – it’s tough to play in opposition to. I believed we got here out within the second half with a bit extra of a gameplan to press them. Subsconciously, if you play Manchester City you’ve bought lots of respect for them, so that you stand off them a bit. In the second half, we put that respect to the aspect.

“The method they broke us down was across the sides, and likewise us. It wasn’t actually a sport for penetrating by the center. They have lots of our bodies in there.

“There was probably a gameplan to cease me getting the ball in midfield – that’s what it felt like within the first half, a little bit of man-marking. I believe Bernardo Silva was very near me lots after I was pulling inside. I may very well be utterly flawed, however I’m fairly positive that was the gameplan. I believe I tailored to it.

“I bought the ball from Mo and thought, ‘hit the target’. Obviously it was end into the underside nook and one which we wanted. There have been many occasions the place we’ve performed lots higher in opposition to Manchester City and misplaced – to get the purpose is an effective result. We’ve dug in deep as we speak and bought that time.”

That draw means Arsenal will go high in the event that they win at Brentford later. Here’s the aim that earned Liverpool a degree.