With ten games remaining, Manchester City held off an Anfield assault to earn a draw in their championship match against Liverpool on Sunday. This gave Arsenal
With eight straight league victories under their belt, the goal-hungry Gunners overcame Brentford late in the game to take the lead. They now have a superior goal differential than Liverpool, with City behind both by only one point.
This match, the final one between Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola in this competition at least, laid the stage for what could be an exciting and dramatic title chase like none before.
The visitors got off to a strong start, but Liverpool responded well and had a goal disallowed for offside.
After a deft corner-kick routine, Kevin De Bruyne’s low delivery let Stones stroll in and slot home at the near post while Nathan Ake held off his marker, breaking the deadlock on minute twenty-three.
Dominik Szoboszlai and Luis Diaz came close before the Reds’ relief came just 84 seconds into the second half, but they still lacked precision in the final third.
Ederson was forced off his line by Nathan Ake’s poorly timed backpass, and the custodian, who had come second to the ball, easily removed Darwin Nunez, sending the Uruguayan reeling. Ederson needed medical attention prior to taking Alexis Mac Allister’s penalty kick, and he eventually came off the pitch after Liverpool tied the score with a precise penalty kick into the upper corner.
The hosts then put on an amazing display of pressure, but Luis Diaz was let down by his touches twice and his finishing on the other of three significant opportunities that were presented to him.
As City settled for a point as much as they could, Pep Guardiola substituted De Bruyne, which infuriated the Belgian as he turned into Mateo Kovacic’s makeweight.
Incredibly, Kelleher punched Ake’s cross onto his arm, causing the ball to ping back against the crossbar, which VAR would have probably disallowed. Foden was denied again.
When stoppage time started, Jeremy Doku came off the bench and almost stole the show. He firstly crashed into the woodwork with little force before crunching Mac Allister with a high boot in the other box, but the VAR review saved him because it showed that his toe had nudged the ball before making contact with the man.