The match Man City vs Liverpool ended with a score of 4-1 in favor of the home team, let's look back at the highlights after this match ended.
In the match against Liverpool at Etihad, Pep Guardiola's team entered the match without the service of Erling Haaland due to injury. Julian Alvarez was the man chosen to replace the Norwegian, and he did an excellent job. The player born in 2000 was the equalizer for the home team in the 27th minute, in addition, the Argentine striker also created a good connection with the surrounding satellites.
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Julian Alvarez equalizes 1-1
Julian Alvarez has proven to be a great performer every time he starts, with his 13th goal in 16 starts (plus four assists), his fifth goal against the Big Six in his first season. in the UK. After the game, Julian Alvarez was praised by Pep Guardiola.
Playing earlier than Arsenal in round 29, Man City needed a win against Liverpool to put pressure on the opponent. Despite letting the opponent take the lead, the Green Man played explosively after that to go upstream to win 4-1.
Man City continues to chase Arsenal in the title race
With this result, Man City has temporarily shortened the gap with the top team Arsenal to 5 points. Although then the Gunners also beat Leeds 4-1 to establish an 8-point gap. However, the championship chance of the blue half of Manchester is still there.
Although 8 points behind Arsenal, Man City played less than 1 match, they also have a direct confrontation with the Gunners at Etihad Stadium at the end of April. If the Blue Man wins all 6 points in the above 2 matches, they have a chance to finish before Arsenal.
Beating Liverpool with a score of 4-1, Man City has increased the number of consecutive wins at home to 9. In contrast, the Red Brigade extends its poor performance away. According to statistics, Liverpool have only won 3 of 14 away matches in the Premier League this season.
Liverpool lost again away in the Premier League this season
In fact, they only won 12 points when marching away from home, the same achievement as Southampton, who are ranked at the bottom of the table. Obviously, the poor away record is one of the reasons why Liverpool are only 6th in the rankings and are having a hard time in the race to the Top 4.
In addition, Liverpool have lost 5 out of 10 Premier League matches in 2023, more defeats than in all of 2022 (35 games, 24 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses).
Liverpool's only bright spot in the match at Etihad is probably Mo Salah's goal. He has the fourth consecutive shooting against Man City this season. Salah is the first Liverpool player to score against the same opponent four times in a season since Ian Rush against Everton in 1986/87.
In total, Salah has scored 11 goals in 19 matches against Man City, a number that shows how scary he is for the blue half of Manchester. This achievement is only inferior to Wayne Rooney (12) and Ian Rush (15) who have done before the same opponent.
The result of Man City vs Liverpool helped the green half of Manchester to have their 100th home win in the Premier League under Pep Guardiola. To get 100 victories, the Spaniard only needs 128 matches. Pep is the fastest manager to have 100 home wins, beating Arsene Wenger's previous record of 139.
Pep hits 100 wins at Etihad with Man City in EPL
More importantly, the 3 points obtained against Liverpool help Man City continue to maintain the hope of eating 3 this season. In addition to the English Premier League, the Blue Man also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup and met Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
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