Arsenal would have enjoyed the result – they stay top of the table – and, in the final analysis, City probably did, too. When it was all over the first reaction was to marvel at the entertainment value, how these heavyweights had slugged to a standstill. Phil Foden did not know an awful lot about the moment when Kelleher punched an Aké cross into him, the ball flying into the crossbar.īut Doku thought he had cracked it on 89 minutes when he cut inside and shaped a low shot for the far corner. Surely the officials would act? They did not, leaving a wave of discussion points and mixed feelings.Ĭity had looked to have weathered the Liverpool storm and they almost nicked the lead, the frame of Caoimhín Kelleher’s goal twice denying them. Mohamed Salah, fit enough only to play as a substitute, felt contact from Nathan Aké but the big shout came when another substitute, Jérémy Doku, raised a boot dangerously, missing the ball and catching Mac Allister. Liverpool had stoppage-time appeals for a penalty. It was building towards something, wasn’t it? And yet it did not come. Liverpool have made decisive late goals a happy habit this season and they had the chances to score again, especially through Luis Díaz. It was a distillation of what Klopp has created at Liverpool, high-energy football, thrilling to watch and it was possible to feel that a winner would somehow be willed in.
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