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The Premier League is back again after a long international break. And Manchester City have made their return like a king as they ran riot over the Klopp boys at Etihad Stadium. Today, Man City humiliated Liverpool by scoring four goals at Etihad. However, Liverpool scored first but failed to keep a clean sheet. Man City literally destroyed the Klopp boys after the first half. The defeat against Man City left Liverpool seven points behind the top four.
As it happened
It was a big blow for Man City that they didn’t get the service of Erling Haaland in this match due to injury. But Pep Guardiola deployed Julian Alvarez in the absence of Haaland. The manager set up the formation with 3-2-4-1.
On the other, Liverpool’s boss Jurgen Klopp played his team in his usual 4-3-3 formation, where Mo Salah led the frontline with Cody Gakpo and Diego Jota.
However, Liverpool stunned the home team early in the match as Mohammad Salah scored a stunning goal in the 17th minute. But the host took only ten minutes to find the equalizer. World Cup winner Julian Alvarez scored that goal in the 27th minute with the help of Jack Grealish. After that, both sides tried to score more but the scoreline remained 1-1 in the 1st half.
But Manchester City took complete control in the 2nd half and destroyed the Klopp boys in ten minutes. Man City returned in the second half with a goal from Kevin de Bruyne. The midfield maestro scored in the very first minute of the second half. Seven minutes later, the home side got their third goal as Ilkay Gundogan found the net in the 53rd minute. Liverpool tried hard to get back in the match but failed to score more. Moreover, Jack Grealish scored Man City’s fourth goal in the match in the 74th minute. As a result, Manchester City secured a comfortable victory against Liverpool and have kept the title race alive.
Guardiola praised Julian Alvarez
Man City manager Pep Guardiola highly appreciated Argentine youngster Julian Alvarez. The manager said, “Tactics is players. Erling is something special. Julian is something special too. He[Alvarez] was involved in the first three goals. He was so clever. He is playing for World Champions, next to Messi for a reason. He is an exceptional player.”
