Manchester Metropolis (opens in new tab) stored the strain on Arsenal (opens in new tab) within the Premier League title race as they got here from behind to cruise previous Liverpool (opens in new tab) 4-1 on the Etihad Stadium.
The reigning champions at the moment are 5 factors behind the Gunners, who host Leeds on Saturday afternoon – in what will likely be their twenty ninth sport of the season to Metropolis’s 28.
Liverpool, in the meantime, had been unable to choose up any valuable factors of their push for a top-four end; the Reds path Tottenham (opens in new tab) by seven factors, though they do nonetheless have a sport in hand.
It had all began so effectively for the guests, too: 17 minutes in, Mo Salah beautifully completed off a devastating counter-attack to place Jurgen Klopp’s aspect in entrance.
However that was pretty much as good because it acquired for Liverpool, who had led for less than 10 minutes when Julian Alvarez – deputising impressively for the injured Erling Haaland – drew Metropolis degree from shut vary.
Only a minute after the break, Kevin De Bruyne accomplished the turnaround together with his second aim of the week – having scored in Belgium’s pleasant win over Germany on Tuesday.
Captain Ilkay Gundogan added a 3rd for Metropolis to offer them respiratory house shortly after, earlier than Jack Grealish continued his superb vein of type by wrapping up the three factors simply over a quarter-of-an-hour from time.
In fact, the scoreline did not flatter Metropolis – who’ve now received seven straight matches in all competitions – within the slightest: not for the primary time in current months, they assuredly steamrollered the opposition.
As for Liverpool, they’ve now misplaced eight on the highway within the league this time period – greater than in any earlier marketing campaign underneath Klopp.
