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The points were shared after Alexis Mac Allister cancelled out John Stones’ opener

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Sun 10 Mar 2024 14.26 EDTFirst published on Sun 10 Mar 2024 10.45 EDT
Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister celebrates scoring their first goal.
Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister celebrates scoring their first goal. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters
Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister celebrates scoring their first goal. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

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Jurgen Klopp: “The highest quality – it was a really good game. It was our best performance against City, we have never dominated against them so much. We were very brave. After the first 10 minutes I am really pleased. What a game, what an afternoon, what an atmosphere.

“I think it is worth talking about [the last minute penalty].

“Today we showed we are ready to fight. I love that the most. There is a long way to go for all of us.”

Klopp then asks Patrick Davison if a penalty should have been given. “Anywhere else on the pitch would be a foul and a booking,” Klopp says. “That is a penalty for all football people.”

19 - Liverpool's 19 shots were their most in a Premier League game against Manchester City since February 2013 (22). 12 of those shots came in the second half, which was the most Man City have faced after half time in a league game since May 2021 (12 v Brighton). Storm. pic.twitter.com/E5KiBZGdZE

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John Stones: “We created quite a lot of chances early on and could have taken a few more and been two or three up. We know what we are coming into coming here. We feel a bit deflated in the dressing room. We came here to win but we got a point. We gave everything out there. It is a bit raw like now.

“They are a top side and we know what quality they have. We’ve had some really good games against them over the years. I think the second half was more them than us and it balanced out. We will take a point.

“Carlos Vicens [set-piece coach] worked hard in training like every week. We worked on this yesterday and it paid off.”

Virgil van Dijk: “Obviously were much better in the second half than the first 15, 20 minutes of the first half. I think how we reacted is good. We had very chances but we couldn’t get the winner. It was bittersweet – based on the second half we should have won it.”

“City has been very successful with the titles they’ve won. Every game we have played against each other has been very intense. Every has been so difficult, they have so much quality all over the pitch. We had chances to win the game but to come away with a point is not a bad situation. We need to just enjoy the ride.

On Quansah: “He was outstanding, the sky is the limit. He needs to stay humble because there will be a lot of bumps in the road.

Jarrell Quansah: “I didn’t have the perfect game but I am striving to be good. We didn’t win the game, we didn’t keep a cleansheet. We need to be striving for those standards.”

“I think the referee misjudged the high tackle on Mac Allister,” says Colum Fordham. “Surely it was a penalty? Maybe it would have been unfair on City who contributed to a high quality, high-tension match but Liverpool’s ceaseless press just about deserved a victory.

”I’m going to get a cup of tea. Laced with brandy.”

We will discuss it for a long time. Doku just got to the ball first and that is key but it seemed a dangerous thing to do.

“Who needs the Oscars after drama like that?” asks Justin Kavanagh. “If you didn’t enjoy that, check your wrist for a pulse.”

Liverpool were excellent. Endo and Mac Allister were key in midfield for them. They will rue Diaz’s profligacy but he also had a cracking game.

City lost control after giving away a penalty in the opening stages of the second half and they never got it back. City won the first half, Liverpool the second and a draw is fair.

Klopp is having a word with the referee.

Drama at the end after drama throughout. Klopp and Guardiola embrace at the whistle, they know what they mean to one another. Incredible.

90+9 mins: Doku gets the ball but then catches Mac Allister in the chest. VAR says no. OOOOOF!

Manchester City's Belgian midfielder Jeremy Doku (L) kicks Liverpool's Argentinian midfielder Alexis Mac Allister in the chest. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
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90+8 mins: Liverpool have a corner on the right. Robertson swings it in … it bounces around in the box and Doku tries to clear with a high boot, leaving a Liverpool player on the deck.

90+7 mins: Gakpo tries to lay the ball into the path of Salah who goes down under pressure from Ake in the box. Oliver waves it away and it does not look like a penalty. VAR agrees.

90+5 mins: Doku gets beyond Gomez with a burst of speed but his cross is blocked and cleared.

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90+4 mins: The ball is in the back of the net but the flag means that play is brought back. City stop playing because Salah is so far off.

90+3 mins: Liverpool are dictating events at Anfield and City are holding on. Foden takes City up the pitch to relieve the pressure and wins a throw, which Walker takes an age with.

90+1 mins: City’s players are looking pretty static and tired. They might not appreciate a lengthy injury time.

Elliott gets the ball on the right and pings in a cross but Stones meets the ball with his head to turn behind.

89 mins: Doku drives at Gomez and then pings a shot towards the far corner but it pings back off the inside of the post and into Kelleher’s arms.

Down the other end … Liverpool are two-on-two and Salah looks to find Gakpo in the middle but his cross is straight at Ortega.

87 mins: City are taking their time but they know they have the quality to create something from nothing even if they have been second best in this half.

86 mins: Luis Diaz is giving everything. He’s had a great half even though he has missed a few chances. Will he get another?

I think City would settle for the point at this stage.

Manchester City's Kyle Walker is put under pressure by Liverpool's Luis Diaz. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
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84 mins: Gomez collects the ball between the lines and sends a pass through the defence but Diaz is forces to take it out wide and can’t do much with it.

Liverpool just keep coming at City. The ball reaches Mac Allister in the box and he fires over but claims Rodri is pulling him back.

Walker needs treatment after blocking a shot. This game is relentless.

82 mins: The question is who will hold their nerve in the final 10 minutes?

Foden lifts a pass out to Doku in space; the Belgian gets around the back but his cross is headed clear by Robertson and Liverpool break. Diaz gets the ball and beats Rodri and Walker repeatedly but his efforts only earn a corner. Robertson takes ... and Van Dijk heads wide.

80 mins: Quansah steps out of defence and takes aim from 20 yards. The shot is bobbling towards Ortega who pushes the ball well clear.

Sky show us how long the De Bruyne chat with Guardiola went on. It seems to end amicably.

78 mins: Ortega comes 35 yards out of his goal to head a long ball clear. He does not seem nervous.

“I’ve got to have a glass of wine, and it’s just past 1pm. Yikes,” says Joe Pearson.

We will all need one after this.

76 mins: City are enjoying some much-needed possession and every touch is being booed by the home fans.

The challenge on Salah was from Walker but the defender won the ball.

Gakpo on for Nunez.

74 mins: RUDDY HELL! Ake sends in a sumptuous cross for Foden to attack but Kelleher gets there first, only to see his punch bounce off the midfielder and onto the crossbar. It turns out the ball comes back off Foden’s arm so it wouldn’t count.

Salah is left in a heap after a foul and there is a VAR check for a red card but it is over quickly.

Liverpool's Caoimhin Kelleher punches the ball against Manchester City's Phil Foden. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters
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72 mins: Robertson whips in a stunning cross for Nunez to attack; the Uruguayan looks like he will tap home from six yards but Ortega makes himself big and blocks.

Peadar de Burca says: I’m so nervous, I’ve started making bread. The perfect result would be for Nunez to win it in the ninety-ninth minute with a Mark Hughes volley while I munch down on some blackcurrant jam on whole wheat. Fingers crossed.”

It’s an option …

Liverpool's Darwin Nunez, right, makes an attempt to score but it’s saved by Manchester City's goalkeeper Stefan Ortega. Photograph: Jon Super/AP
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70 mins: Alvarez and De Bruyne depart. The Belgian looks unhappy with being replaced and is happy to let Guardiola know his views. Doku and Kovacic on. It looks like Foden has moved centrally where he has been in superb form recently. Could this make the difference for City?

68 mins: Robertson sends in a wayward cross from deep on the left. It is nowhere near a Liverpool teammate but it almost drops into the top corner, although eventually goes over.

67 mins: What can City do to change the dynamic? I wonder if Kovacic for Alvarez is an option to put an extra man in midfield to try and regain control. As I write this, the Croatian is being prepared. I am smart. Doku is coming too.

66 mins: Liverpool enjoy a couple of corners in quick succession. The second concludes with Salah smashing a bouncing ball wide.

It is all Liverpool now and the fans are loving it. Mac Allister takes aim from 20 yards, I think it is going just wide, but Ortega takes no chances and pushes the ball behind.

“For a truly wonderful player, Diaz’s finishing this season has been really poor. It’s three chances in less than 10 minutes,” Dechlan Brennan says.

64 mins: Another great chance for Diaz. Nunez slips the ball to him in space in the box but his first touch is poor and Walker sprints back to knock behind for a corner.

62 mins: Needless to say, the arrival of Salah has provided a lift to the home fans. The Egyptian plays a stunning ball through the City defence and Diaz latches onto it, he makes his way into the box but his finish is poor, sending his shot wide.

60 mins: Calm. Breathe.

“If Ederson is out for any length of time I think City’s season may implode,” suggests Rick Harris. “However City are like a cornered Tiger now and you wouldn’t bet against them nicking it through some De Bruyne magic.”

We shall see…

Szoboszlai and Bradley depart, Salah and Robertson on.

59 mins: It is all happening Nunez plays the ball through for Diaz but his touch is poor and Ortega slides out to claim.

Silva does not go into the book for a foul.

Salah and Robertson being prepared.

It’s all happening.

58 mins: Quansah is dispossessed by Alvarez on the edge of his own box but Van Dijk clears his cross. The ball comes straight back as De Bruyne plays in Foden, who shoots from six yards but Kelleher does superbly well to come out and block.

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57 mins: What a moment for the German goalkeeper. Both teams now have their second choice keepers in net.

Mac Allister is cleaned out by Silva but the Portuguese avoids a booking. City need to keep their heads.

Andy Flintoff emails: “Ederson is prone to that kind of tackle - there have been at least two other similar incidents this year where he’s gone feet first, missed the ball by miles and taken the attacker out (some might say deliberately).“

55 mins: Ortega gets his top off and gloves on. It really has been a dreadful start to the second half to the second half for City.

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