EPL: Trent silences Etihad Stadium to salvage point for Liverpool in heavyweight clash against Man City

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Liver pool footballer Trent Alexander-Alnord silenced the Etihad Stadium to earn a point in the 1-1 heavyweight clash between Manchester City and Liverpool FC yesterday.

Match day 13 of the English Premier League held significant importance for the defending champions of the league, Manchester City as they sought to solidify their first-place position in this year’s edition of the English Premier League and better their head-to-head records against the Merseyside giants.

The defending champions started the match on the front foot, pressurizing their opponents and dominating the game in terms of possession and chance creation action.

Their efforts eventually paid off as they were rewarded with a goal in the 27th minute of the game from their main marksman, Erling Haaland. City’s center back, Nathan Ake was heavily involved in the goal as he maneuvered his way through the Liverpool defense to set Haaland through on goal with Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker.

Haaland, the leading marksman in the league with 13 goals who hardly misses from such positions did not need a second invitation as he calmly slotted the ball into the back of the net to extend his personal goal tally for the season to 14, giving Manchester City the lead going into the break.

After the recess, Manchester City started from where they left off with the hopes of doubling their lead, but their aspirations were shattered as they were punished by a brilliant Trent Alexander Arnold strike to level the game.

Arnold’s strike added gloss to what Liverpool were doing from the commencement of the second half; Liverpool had started to grow into the game and were exhibiting great resilience and confidence as the second half wore on, even though they were down by a goal.

The hardwork paid off in the 80th minute when Mohammed Salah pulled the ball back to Arnold on the edge of the box, with the latter beating Ederson with a low fine strike into the bottom left hand corner of the net to ensure parity.

Haaland had the chance to put the game to bed for his side in the 98th minute; the Norwegian reacted quickest to a cross and displayed good awareness inside the box to get on the end of a corner but he failed to direct his effort on target as the ball flew narrowly past the right hand post.

Haaland’s effort was the last action in the game as the referee signaled for full-time to bring the game to an end.

The results leaves the top 4 teams in the league in a keenly contested title race.

Story by: Rabbi Adu Agyei | univers.ug.edu.gh 

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