Brilliant Man City must heed familiar warning after titanic title test vs Liverpool FC

Manchester City and Liverpool played out a Premier League classic on Sunday afternoon, as a 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium kept City one point clear of their closest rivals at the top of the table.

City twice took the lead thanks to first-half strikes from Kevin de Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus, but were twice pegged back as Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane came to Liverpool's rescue. After the game Pep Guardiola declared that City had been the better side and deserved to win, admitting that the number of opportunities spurned by his side - City had five shots on target and created 10 chances - "gave them [Liverpool] a life."

"I would love them to be clever enough, make the right decision," Guardiola said of his side's wastefulness. "Tomorrow I’ll see on my laptop, the game will be stopped and I’ll say don’t pass the ball there. In football it’s half a second to make a decision. After that I understand, it’s difficult sometimes, the final third in the box. Liverpool so close and tight, it’s difficult, but it happens, we were there and we have to be confident."

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Liverpool were there for the taking, particularly in the first half, but failing to make the most of periods of sustained pressure is nothing new for City this season. If there is one criticism that can be levelled at the Premier League champions, it is that they waste too many clear chances.

In Sunday's draw there were five clear chances that you would have expected City to have done better with. Here they are:

Raheem Sterling, 5'

Raheem Sterling fluffed a glorious one-on-one chance early on after latching onto Jesus' brilliant cross, but he could only hit his first-time finish into