Phil Foden says he wants to keep learning and winning trophies after signing a new contract with Manchester City. I'll be alongside former Blues midfielder Nigel Gleghorn. The whole game is live across the UK on BBC Radio Manchester, via BBC Sounds, on Sunday. It's hard to disagree that this isn't their best chance in a long time - but this is Anfield and this fixture has told us to expect the unexpected. Even their own manager is writing them out of this year's race.Īdd to that the weapon in City's arsenal of Erling Haaland - a man who has scored in his last four away games and who has as many league goals already this season as City's top scorer - Kevin De Bruyne on 15 - from last season. They've dropped as many points already as they did in their title winning year. Liverpool haven't gone into this fixture further behind City, in terms of points, for a decade. There's a mood of confidence, bordering arrogance, from some City supporters that this is the best chance they have to win at Anfield. Yes, almost 20 years ago!īut you can make history, as well as study it. They're last win with fans in the stadium on Merseyside was 2003. The blues did win there in 2021 but it was behind closed doors. And if it's true, then Liverpool are nailed on to get something at Anfield when they face City on Sunday. That's the best team in the league right now and today we were better." "A performance that showed that when we play the way we want to play, we can be very good. Discipline, concentration over the entire match even with the late start, which was strange on the day. Jesse Marsch added: "It was a really good performance from us. This is not a coincidence it shows the willingness that I see in the eyes of the players to win, to compete." He added to Sky Sports: "Credit to Leeds in the second half, we made so many errors and did not generate momentum but I just love the relentless passion the team played with and how we found a way to win. "It is always really intense here, we were exceptional in the first half and should have been two or three up. "Hectic," was Arteta's assessment after the game. The Gunners have made their best start to a top-flight season and have now won nine out of their opening 10 games. It is probably a relief to them that their annual Premier League visit is out of the way.Ī disallowed goal, a missed penalty then both a red card and another penalty overturned - Premier League leaders Arsenal benefited from all those in their 1-0 win over Leeds.īukayo Saka scored the winning goal in the first half but a contest delayed by 40 minutes because of a power outage at Elland Road went Arsenal's way. It made it a miserable day for Guardiola and City and they have had a few of those at Anfield. Manager Pep Guardiola was enraged when Phil Foden’s strike, which would have given City the lead, was ruled out by VAR after a visit to the screen convinced referee Anthony Taylor that Haaland had fouled Fabinho in the build-up.Ĭity had plenty of the ball but were short of the crucial end product, which was always a danger in a game of fine margins, exemplified by Joao Cancelo’s slip that allowed Mohamed Salah to race clear for the winner with 14 minutes left. Manchester City will regard Anfield as their bogey ground as they left with defeat and a sense of injustice accompanying them yet again after the 1-0 loss to Liverpool.Ĭity have only won twice in front of The Kop in 22 years and they were frustrated once more as the previously unstoppable Erling Haaland was kept at arm’s length and unable to take advantage of any chances that came his way. By Phil McNulty, Chief football writer at Anfield
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