Liverpool picked up three valuable points with a 2-0 win at their rivals, Manchester City. The match lasted intensely for 90 minutes, but Arne Slot’s team were more efficient.
Sunday, February 23 2025, Manchester City hosted Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium in the continuation of the 2024/2025 Premier League. The match was predicted to be tight, Liverpool was superior, but clearly Man City was not an easy opponent.
This time Man City appeared dominant in creating opportunities and ball possession, but it was Liverpool who managed to steal the victory through goals from Mohamed Salah (14′) and Dominik Szoboszlai (37′).
This victory confirmed Liverpool’s position at the top of the 2024/2025 Premier League standings with 64 points from 27 matches. Man City is stuck in 4th place with 44 points.
The match started at a high tempo. Both teams played openly. Man City looked confident in building attacks through short passes, Liverpool responded. 10 minutes into the match.
14th minute, Liverpool scored the opening goal. Corner kick scheme. Mac Allister’s pass was deflected by Szoboszlai into the middle of the penalty box, the ball was met by Salah’s first-time kick. Goal! Score 0-1.
Man City had scored a goal in the 31st minute, Marmoush beat Alisson with a curved shot at the far post. However, the goal was disallowed for offside in creating the opportunity.
37th minute, the second goal for Liverpool. Trent’s high pass passed the Man City defenders. The ball was received by Salah on the right side who then sent a cross for Szoboszlai, followed by a low kick. Goal! Score 0-2.
Liverpool continued the same dominance as in the first half. In the 58th minute, Jones had scored a goal, but it was disallowed for offside.
Man City tried everything to rise. Savinho was one of the most active players on the field. Unfortunately, Man City’s attacks were easily broken up. 70 minutes of the match had passed.
Guardiola made a number of substitutions to freshen up Man City’s game. Until the 80th minute, Man City dominated with 66% possession and 5 shots on target, but none of them resulted in goals.
Entering the last 10 minutes, the tempo of the game decreased slightly. Liverpool maintained their lead well. The score was 0-2.
Mohamed Salah deserves to be named the best player aka man of the match Manchester City vs Liverpool.
Salah played as a right winger in this match and he performed very well for 89 minutes on the field. He scored one goal and one assist, meaning he was directly involved in both team goals.
The Egyptian winger only recorded 20 accurate passes, but was able to create 3 chances. Salah made 10 touches in the opponent’s penalty box and sent 2 passes into the final third area.
Salah’s movement without the ball was also very good. He won 7 duels for the ball and actively helped the team prevent the opponent’s attacks.
Salah’s actions and contributions in this match were given a rating of 8.8 by FotMob, the highest among other players on the field.
