Mohamed Salah starred once more as Liverpool opened up a massive 11-point gap at the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win over reigning champions Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
It was the hosts who began on the front foot, with Jeremy Doku terrorising Trent Alexander-Arnold in the opening five minutes.
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City continued to see most of the ball, with their decision to play with Phil Foden as a false nine seeming to have caught Liverpool out in the early phases. But from a mistake at the back, Liverpool forced a corner and from it, the ball was cut back to Mo Salah, who made no mistake from 12 yards out to put the Premier League leaders ahead against the run of play.
Guardiola’s side searched for a response, but could not find a way to penetrate a menacing Liverpool block, with the home side reduced to shots from distance.
They thought that they had bought themselves level on the half-hour mark after a fine finish from their own Egyptian Omar Marmoush, only to be denied by the offside flag. And that mistake was punished six minutes later as Salah turned provider, teeing up Dominik Szoboszlai to poke fire past Ederson to double Liverpool’s advantage 10 minutes before half-time.
The game threatened to open up in the second half as City pushed for a goal back, leaving massive spaces for Liverpool to run into and the visitors held on for a win and took a giant step towards title success.
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