Liverpool Hit back To Hold Manchester City Despite Erling Haaland's 50th Premier League Goal

Liverpool snapped Manchester City's 23-match winning run at the Etihad as a clash between the Premier League's top two ended 1-1 on Saturday. Trent Alexander-Arnold's fine strike 10 minutes from time salvaged a point for the visitors after Erling Haaland's 50th Premier League goal put City in front. A share of the spoils means there remains just one point between the sides and that Arsenal can now take top spot from City if they win at Brentford later on Saturday.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp made his displeasure clear at the early kick-off time on the back of an international break where both sides had players in World Cup qualifying action in South America little over 72 hours ago.

Fatigue appeared a factor as the expected fireworks failed to materialise.

"Preparing for the most difficult game of the season with one (training) session is really a challenge," said Klopp.

"We're still in a process. If we'd played really well today, we could have won - we didn't. We played ok."

City boss Pep Guardiola lauded the manner in which his side restricted a free-scoring Liverpool to precious few chances.

But the English champions lacked precision themselves in the final third and were made to pay for not building on their lead.

"I am really proud that after eight years we are still playing that way," said Guardiola. "We were really good in all departments and needed to be against an incredible team.

"Maybe we missed the last pass a little bit but they defended really well."

Alisson escapes

Alisson Becker was let off the hook by Phil Foden's weak shot after the Brazilian gifted away possession inside his own box. But the Liverpool goalkeeper was not so fortunate when his next sliced clearance picked out Nathan Ake.

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