Manchester City close gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to four points
Manchester City close gap on Premier League leaders
Liverpool to four points
Leroy Sane's winner came eight minutes
after Roberto Firmino's equaliser
Manchester City blew the title race in
English Premier League wide open when they defeated leaders Liverpool 2-1 on
Thursday night to close the gap to four points.
City won the top-of-the-table clash and
closed the gap thanks to Leroy Sane's winner that ended the Reds' unbeaten
start to the season at Etihad Stadium.
Sane fired into the bottom corner 18 minutes
from time after Roberto Firmino had pulled the visitors level.
Sergio Aguero scored a superb opener
from a narrow angle in an incident-packed first half.
Sadio Mane had earlier struck a post
with John Stones clearing off the line.
The defender's initial clearance
rebounded off goalkeeper Ederson and was agonisingly close to ending up in the
hosts' net before Stones hooked it away.
Liverpool also felt City captain Vincent
Kompany was lucky to escape with a yellow card for a challenge on Mohamed Salah.
The win sees City move into second
place, two points above Tottenham.
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