The match has been going on for 80 minutes and Manchester City is still ahead with a goal scored by Erling Haaland. I think Manchester City will achieve this victory but we will see until the match ends whether Liverpool can score a goal and equalize the score but it seems quite difficult because Manchester City They are really guarding their goal so they don't concede a goal from the visiting team, but I'm a little worried because Manchester City haven't scored any additional goals so Liverpool are still trying to catch up on that lead.
If Manchester City can win this match Manchester City will continue to be at the top of the standings and Liverpool will not succeed in taking over first place.
Liverpool managed to secure a point at the Etihad Stadium and the equalizing goal came from a hard kick by Alexander-Arnold outside the penalty box. Even though Man City dominated the match, there were many opportunities that Man City players could not take advantage of. Haaland played well in this match and at the same time proved that without De Bryune he could still score goals, but I also saw that there were several opportunities that he failed to take advantage of to score additional goals after the first goal.
For Liverpool a draw is enough because they are playing at home to Man City so chasing three points will be much more difficult. Next we will look at another match between Newcastle vs Chelsea, my prediction is that Newcastle will win the match because they need full points to ensure their position in the standings.
Liverpool did well to secure a point at home against Manchester city. Even with the absence of Salah, they did very good and I think Arsenal and Chelsea soccer teams would want to capitalize on this result to climb on the table. For Arsenal, a 3point result will put them on top the league table and am sure it would be a competition for Manchester city to comeback on top.
J. Klopp really went into today's game by first not underestimating his opponent with a defensive formation that cared little about possession of the ball but relied on a swift counter attack and set pieces instead. I would happen to have made same predictions of win or draw for this match and I would not be surprised if it turned green after such fantastic first results.
Both team live up to expectations today and credit goes to Doku whose attacking prowess was too strong for Alexander-Arnold to curtail, he was very fast and pacy and always pushing forward his way into Liverpool defence on several occasions, it was a very competitive and entertaining match though Man City had more possession
and attacking threat yet they couldn't convert their chances unfortunately got punished by Alexander-Arnold sublime finish which caught Ederson unaware thus forcing a well deserve draw for Liverpool, Arsenal who is also a major contender would try to win their match later in the day after both Liverpool and Man City dropped 2points apiece.