By Jimmy
The title-defending match of Manchester City vs Liverpool ended in a stalemate at the Etihad Stadium in a keenly contested Premier League Matchday 13 clash.
Ahead of the game, most Manchester City fans thought the club’s talisman, Erling Haaland, wouldn’t be available for the important clash. This was because he was forced to leave the Norway national team camp during the international break due to a niggling injury.
However, to the pleasant surprise of most of the fans, Haaland made the squad and even started the game which gave City more confidence in the EPL encounter.
To crown it all, the 23-year-old Norwegian striker scored the opening goal of the encounter as early as the 27th minute. By doing so, he broke the record for the fewest PL matches to reach 50 goals, which he did in 48 games to topple Andrew Cole’s record of 65 games.
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At that point, coach Pep Guardiola thought he would grab an easy win over coach Jurgen Klopp and his boys. However, the visitors fought back in the second half, and eventually grabbed an equalizer in the final ten minutes of the game, thanks to Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The game ended 1-1 after City recorded 16 shots, five of which were on target as against Liverpool’s 8 shots, three of which were on target.
The draw still leaves Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table with 29 points in 13 games and Liverpool at the second spot with 28 points in 13 games, pending the outcome of other Matchday 13 games.
However, should Arsenal win their match against Brentford, they would climb to first. Tottenham Hotspur would also climb level with Man City should they win their home game against Aston Villa.
