A fierce duel is presented in the 11th week of the Premier League between Liverpool vs Manchester City.
As a result, Liverpool who played at Anfield managed to beat Manchester City by a thin score 1-0.
In this article, SportReviews will summarize the highlights of the Premier League on Sunday, October 16, 2022.
The match between Liverpool and Manchester City was exciting and full of opportunities.
But unfortunately, many of these opportunities failed to be converted into goals.
There is only one player who can finally score a goal. Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah scored the only goal.
The duel was intense and tough since kickoff. Both teams attacked each other but still failed to create real chances in the opposing defence.
The ball is mostly rolling in the middle of the field.
The first opportunity finally created in the 16th minute. Ilkan Gundogan opened fire from outside the penalty box.
However, the ball can still be hugged tightly by Alisson on the right side of the Liverpool goal.
The 20th minute Liverpool finally got their first chance.
This opportunity is great. Diogo Jota heads Elliott’s cross from left halfspace.
The ball went pretty fast, but unfortunately headed right into the arms of Ederson.
In the 23rd minute the opportunity re-emerged for Liverpool. Robertson can shoot from inside the City penalty box freely, after welcoming the ball over Ederson.
Unfortunately his kick ball still bounced into the stands.
The 32nd minute City finally got another chance. Haaland chased a through ball in the left halfspace and into the box.
He was escorted by Van Dijk and then tried to bounce the ball. But the opportunity was thwarted by Alisson who moved forward from the net.
In the 39th minute, Man City got another golden opportunity.
De Bruyne crosses from the right halfspace to the far post.
There was already Haaland who could escape from Joe Gomez’s escort.
The Norwegian striker headed the ball hard but fortunately the ball could be anticipated very well by Alisson.
In the end there were no goals created until halftime. Liverpool 0-0 Manchester City.
After halftime, the game started again with a tough.
But this time it was Liverpool who got a good chance first in the 49th minute.
Starting from a counterattack, Mohamed Salah could only face Ederson.
Salah then opened fire but it was parried by the Brazilian goalkeeper and the ball rolled thinly to the right side of the Manchester City goal.
The 53rd minute, Liverpool’s goal uprooted by Phil Foden. He grabbed the ball which was successfully snatched by Erling Haaland from Alisson’s catch.
The ball goes into the goal. But then the goal had to be re-checked via VAR.
It turns out that VAR did not check for a foul on Alisson. They checked for Haaland’s foul on Fabinho.
Foden’s goal was disallowed, the score remained 0-0.
55th minute Liverpool created a slick opportunity. Salah released a cross from the right halfspace to the far post.
There was a free-standing Jota. Unfortunately, his header went wide to the right of Ederson’s goal.
In the 62nd minute, Man City got the opportunity. Haaland managed to open a left footed shot from the end of the penalty box.
But Alisson could thwart the opportunity with his right hand.
The 68th minute, Liverpool’s turn to get a chance.
This time from Mohamed Salah. After receiving feedback from Firmino, he opened fire from the end of the penalty box.
However, his left foot kick only thinly melipir to the right side of the City goal.
In the 76th minute, the deadlock was finally broken.
Alisson sent a long ball across the halfway line. The ball failed to be anticipated by Joao Cancelo and could be controlled by Mohamed Salah.
The Egyptian player finally faced Ederson again. This time he did not waste the opportunity, a goal was created in this match.
After the goal, the tension rose. To the extent that Jurgen Klopp was sent off in the 85th minute.
The German coach protested to the referee excessively because he considered Anthony Taylor to allow Bernardo Silva’s foul on Mohamed Salah.
90+2 minutes, Liverpool got another good chance from the counter-attack.
Darwin Nunez could have the opportunity to choose to pass to Carvalho or Trent at the far post in the City penalty box.
Nunez chose the latter option. But the bait ball was too swift and failed to reach Trent.
Liverpool then successfully maintained its lead over Manchester City until the game ended.
They also won 1-0 in the big match of the Premier League.
With this victory, Liverpool now pack 13 points from nine matches.
The Reds have moved up to eighth place in the Premier League 2022/2023 standings.
Meanwhile, Manchester City are stuck in second place with 23 points from 10 matches.
Now, Pep Guardiola’s squad is four points from leaders Arsenal.
