Man City and Liverpool no longer face great pressure when facing each other at the Etihad, so the two teams are ready for fast attacking play from the beginning. The Liverpool visitors created some dangerous opportunities, such as the situation when Salah hit the post in the 19th minute.
The turning point of the match came in the 23rd minute, Gomez was too slow before Sterling so dragged the opponent in the penalty area. The referee Taylor gave Man City a penalty, De Bruyne successfully shot 11m to open the match. The goal helps the City players more confident.
35 minutes, Sterling doubled the lead after a fine attack of the home team. Liverpool increased the attack after the goal, they increasingly exposed loopholes in the defense and City continued to punish the home team. Foden increased the score to 3-0 after 44 minutes.
Three goals in the first half made Liverpool even more fragmented. Meanwhile, Man City is still trying hard, in the 66th minute of Sterling, Oxlade-Chamberland scored an own goal to increase the score to 4-0 for the Etihad team. Liverpool collapsed, the defending champions were lucky to escape the fifth goal in injury time when VAR caught the ball in the hands of Jesus while Mahrez scored.
Alisson had a wretched match
90 + 6 minutes: Timeout
90 + 5 minutes: Mahrez grabs the ball and escapes into the penalty area, he hit the net with Liverpool but VAR denied the goal because the ball earlier touched Jesus while the Brazilian player fell on the field.
89 minutes: Salah’s effort in the penalty area of Man City was unsuccessful, the home team defender.
85 minutes: Liverpool replaced, Takumi Minamino replaced Sadio Mane.
Competition between Williams and Foden
82 minutes: De Bruyne headed at the top of the penalty area when he saw Alisson cross the goal, unfortunately the ball went off the post.
81 minutes: Mahrez is selfish when not passing the ball when his teammates have a better position, the shot from the top of the penalty area takes the ball out of the left column.
79 minutes: Manchester City substitution. Bernardo Silva replaces Raheem Sterling, Nicolás Otamendi replaces Aymeric Laporte.
The frustration of Liverpool players after goals
76 minutes: Just coming into the court Williams has got the finishing phase, Ederson still owns the situation with a neat catch.
76 minutes: Liverpool replaced, Trent Alexander-Arnold made way for Neco Williams.
73 minutes: Man City replaced the player, Joao Cancelo replaced Kyle Walker.
69 minutes: Foden headed slightly behind Mendy’s cross on the left, he did not pose a danger for Liverpool’s goal.
66 minutes: De Bruyne continued to create assist for Sterling to receive the ball in the penalty area, Sterling’s good one-assist shot eliminated Robertson. Then he shot the ball past Alisson, the ball hit Oxlade-Chamberlain’s foot into the net.
62 minutes: Liverpool replaced, Keita replaced Wijnaldum, Origia replaced Firmino.
61 minutes: De Bruyne finished quickly from the top of the penalty area, the ball went out of the post.
58 minutes: Man City replaced, Riyad Mahrez replaced Gabriel Jesus.
57 minutes : Alexander-Arnold takes a shot from just outside the penalty area and takes a low shot from the edge of the box but misses to the left.
56 minutes : Walker fouled a Liverpool player in the penalty area, VAR came in and determined a foul point outside the penalty area. Man City defender receives a yellow card.
Salah’s frustration as his team repeatedly conceded
54 minutes : Foden finishes in the center of the penalty area Man City, the ball misses the post.
49 minutes : Counterattack for Man City, he was too gentle to finish when in front of goalkeeper Alisson, the Liverpool goalkeeper caught the ball neatly.
46 minutes: Liverpool replaced, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaced Joseph Gomez.
Foden scored the third goal in Man City’s match against Liverpool
45 + 3 minutes: The end of the first half
45 minutes - Goals: Goals come from a combination of good balls of Man City. Foden combined the wall with De Bruyne and escaped down to cross Alisson and put the ball into the net.
41 minutes: Mendy receives a yellow card for delaying the ball to enter.
35 minutes - Goals: Quick counterattack for Man City, Sterling received the ball was not really favorable after Foden’s pass, but Sterling still promptly put the ball through Alisson to increase the score to 2-0.
33 minutes: Ederson came out of the box very quickly, he cleared the ball just before Salah could touch the ball.
De Bruyne shared a joy with his teammates after opening the match
30 minutes: Jesus turns very quickly in the penalty area of Liverpool, he removes Robertson but also can not finish well when there is space
25 minutes - Goals: De Bruyne kicked the ball into the left corner, he deceived Alisson to bring the goal to open the match score.
Situation Gomez pulls Sterling to bring a penalty for Man City
24 minutes - Penalty: Sterling handled the ball too cleverly and strongly in the penalty area, Gomez hugged the opponent. The referee cut the whistle, Man City got a penalty and Gomez got a yellow card.
23 minutes: De Bruyne fell in the penalty area of Liverpool after a collision with Van Dijk, the referee did not think that the Liverpool defender made a mistake.
19 minutes - The ball hits the post: Salah takes the ball from the right to the top of the penalty area, he finishes the ball from the left.
Coach Klopp happily directed his students to play
18 minutes : Jesus escaped to receive the ball, he could not win Alisson in the face-to-face phase, the referee cut off the offside, however.
11 minutes: Headed from the center of the penalty area by Mane, the ball goes out of the City’s goal.
10 minutes: De Bruyne finished the tension in the top of the penalty area, the Liverpool defense succeeded.
Garcia returned after 10 days of injury
4 minutes: Salah finishes from outside the penalty area, the ball goes into the goal of Man CIty, but Ederson saved the success .
4 minutes: Firmino finishes in the penalty area of Man City, the ball goes exactly but not hard enough to beat Ederson
1 minute: Liverpool serves.
2h15 - The game begins
The Man City players applauded to welcome Liverpool, the new Premier League champions
Squad
Manchester City : Ederson, Walker, Eric Garcia, Laporte, Mendy, Rodri, Gundogan, Foden, De Bruyne, Sterling, Gabriel Jesus
Substitutes: Bravo, Stones, Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Silva, Mahrez, Joao Cancelo, Otamendi, Doyle
Liverpool : Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane
Subs: Milner, Keita, Adrian, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Minamino, Origi, Jones, Elliott, Williams.
