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Minute-by-minute report: Will Manchester City or Liverpool earn an advantage in the Premier League title race? Join Daniel Harris to find out.

Pep Guardiola has made three changes for Manchester City's top of the table clash with Liverpool.

- Liverpool have won each of their past 10 league games, keeping eight clean sheets in the process. - PhilFodenhas scored in each of his past three appearances against Liverpool - the only player to net in four successive top-flight games against the Reds is Jamie Vardy, who did so in five consecutive fixtures between 2016 and 2017. - RiyadMahrezis aiming to become the third City player to score in six consecutive Premier League home games, after Uwe Rosler in 1994 and Alvaro Negredo in 2013. - The Reds have not kept a clean sheet in any of their past 11 league matches at Etihad. - City have lost just one of our last 12 Premier League home games against Liverpool (W7 D4), going down 4-1 in Jürgen Klopp’s first visit to the Etihad in the competition in November 2015. Guardiola admitted he expects his side will have to defend in spells against a side boasting an incredible amount of firepower, so the return of one of his most trusted lieutenants in Walker is a welcome boost.

Sadio Mane early second half goal help Liverpool collect one point for dia top of di table clash against Manchester City.

34 mins - City create anoda chance again through Joao Cancelo. Di left back cut inside and shoot but di shot take small deflection go out for corner. 89 mins - Liverpool defender Van Dijk don see Yellow card for foul wey im commit. Liverpool hit back six minutes afta City take di lead. From di freekick, Riyad Mahrez shot hit di outside of di post. VAR bin check im di ball hit City player for hand nut later rule say na im leg di shot hit. 60 mins - Gabriel Jesus find imsef for better position inside di Liverpool penalty area. City head one attack away but Andy Robertson send deep cross back inside Liverpool eighteen. 52 mins - Liverpool really dey gingered for dis second half. Jack Grealish don enta for goalscorer Gabriel Jesus. Liverpool respond wit change of dia own. Thiago escape second yellow afta im foul De Bryune. Di goal no go stand. Firmino come on for Sadio Mane.

Liverpool were made to rue a lethargic and sloppy first half in the potential Premier League title 'decider' with Manchester City — which ended in a ...

In the second half, they upped their game massively. This was perhaps the biggest game in Premier League history, but the Reds were weighed down rather than inspired by that. Alisson saved his defenders on several occasions when Manchester City should have scored, with a brilliant early stop from Phil Foden setting the tone. As it was, it was actually Luis Díaz who emerged from the sidelines first and Firmino had to wait until minute 84. Without goalkeeper Alisson, Liverpool would have been in real trouble. When they succeeded, Liverpool tended to create a scoring chance.

Sadio Mane's second-half strike promises an end to the season that could be as breathless and brilliant as this 90 minutes at the Etihad.

Golden chance in the third minute of additional time could have won it 6/10 In truth, it was a brief interlude of Liverpool success into a first half that showcased exactly why Guardiola’s side have set the running in the title race. Subbed off on 75 minutes 6/10 When it arrived, City’s second goal was the kind of moment in which De Bruyne makes things look devastatingly simple. Within the first five minutes City had found a series of angles that hauled Liverpool way out of their comfort zone. De Bruyne is no stranger to providing sorcery on the biggest of occasions but this time his magical left foot was aided by an almighty deflection off Joel Matip that deceived Alisson. The four goals were excellent but it was the speed of thought of the protagonists on either side that impressed the most. Andy Robertson found space and Trent Alexander-Arnold with a wonderful cross which invited Diogo Jota to sweep past Ederson. How else to evaluate the situation after a game laced with as much danger for the respective defences as this one? If Erik ten Hag was watching on in Amsterdam, he might be thinking twice about signing the contract Manchester United have prepared for him. And for the second time in three seasons, you could see both of these blue riband contenders winning every single one of their remaining league matches. We have to be nearly perfect to beat this team in a game and over a season as well,” Klopp said.

Kevin De Bruyne scored in a man-of-the-match display, while Mohamed Salah showed his creativity in setting up equaliser.

6 6 A perpetual menace from first to last whistle. Kevin De Bruyne Left-foot zinger in off Matip and Alisson’s left post gave City a dream start. 6 6

Twice City led, through Kevin De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus, but twice Liverpool responded after goals from Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane. With seven games left, City ...

"I think we started OK but we were a little hectic at times. Henderson added: "It was an intense game which we knew it would be. “We have to concentrate on ourselves and win as many games as possible. - May 22 - Wolves (H) It was a great game. “I know people said whoever wins gets the title.

The obsession with Alexander-Arnold's defensive flaws obscures his purpose in a team otherwise defined by systems.

That looseness is written into his game, not just the freedom, but the obligation to act as a playmaker, a roving brain, a note of creative imagination. Close to the pitch you could hear the clips and thuds and pings, like the comforting rat-a-tat of an electric sewing machine stitching the game, the day into place. Better, perhaps, to imagine a Liverpool team where the right‑back sits, covers and blocks up the space. The internet says Alexander‑Arnold can’t defend – and not just that he can’t defend, that his defending is a kind of outrage, a societal toxin. The truth is not just in the middle, but a great deal more interesting. One of these was Alexander-Arnold himself, loping back in that dogged style, with the air even at top speed of a man trotting along the beach with a surf board under one arm.

Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City have let Liverpool "have a life" in the title race after the 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

"It was like a boxing fight. "What a game -- wild," Klopp said. We will play for that, that's all."

It was the Premier League game everyone was talking about – and the top-of-the-table clash didn't disappoint.

The home side fended off multiple attempts by Burnley to find an equaliser before Teemu Pukki put the game out of reach with a goal in the 86th – a fine finish from the right after a through ball from Mathias Normann. Brentford struck first after quick-thinking following a throw-in as Toney slipped the ball into the path of French forward Mbeumo, who slotted into the net with a first-time finish in the 48th minute. In Leicester, Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall set up Leicester City’s first goal and scored a sublime second as they leapfrogged opponents Crystal Palace to go ninth in the Premier League after a tense 2-1 win.