Haaland passionately celebrates Man City’s 1-1 equalizer against Liverpool In the 27th minute, Man City organized an attack from home. The ball passed Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Gundogan, and Jack Grealish in turn and was sent into the net after Julian Alvarez’s neat touch. “One of the best-combined goals in the Premier League this season,” described the Daily Mail.
In the stands, Erling Haaland could not hide his joy. The Norwegian striker is injured but still jumps up and puts his shoulder on Alfie Haaland’s neck to celebrate the home’s equalizer.
In this match, Haaland could not participate due to injury. The one given the opportunity to replace him, Alvarez shined to help the Premier League champions bring the game back to the starting line.
At the beginning of the second half, Man City took the lead thanks to Kevin De Bruyne’s goal.
Alvarez has the second goal in the last 3 appearances in the Premier League for Man City. In all competitions, the Argentinian striker has scored 12 goals and assisted 2 times, although he does not often start. This impressive performance helped Alvarez be awarded a contract by Man City until 2028, thereby helping him avoid courtship from big teams.
Before meeting Liverpool, Man City won every match Haaland did not play this season.
Guardiola celebrates crazy-provoking Liverpool star
Pep Guardiola was overjoyed when Manchester City equalized in the 29th round of the Premier League against Liverpool. Mohamed Salah opened the goal for Liverpool in the 17th minute with a beautiful fix in the penalty area. But, barely 10 minutes later, Man City took the match back to the starting line with a systematic o/f/f/e/n/s/i/v/e formation. Jack Grealish crossed from the left to Julian Alvarez, who cushioned the ball into Alisson Becker’s net.
Coach Guardiola was as delighted as nuts outside the pitch after Alvarez’s equalizer. Pep arched his back and punched the air with excitement in a video that went popular on social media. Liverpool’s reserve players, notably Joe Matip, Kostas Tsimikas, and Arthur Melo walked over at that point.
Guardiola immediately went to Tsimikas, constantly screaming something provocative. Tsimikas could only bend his head and walk away in response to Pep’s reply. After that, the Spanish tactician extended his hand to shake Arthur’s and was accepted by the player.
Several Liverpool supporters were irritated after seeing Guardiola’s fairly extreme behavior. Rio Ferdinand, a former player, expressed his displeasure on BT Sport, saying, “That celebration, strangely Tsimikas didn’t shove coach Pep Guardiola out of the way.”
Man City’s comeback against Liverpool was aided by Alvarez’s equalizer. Man City led Liverpool 4-1 after goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, and Jack Grealish. As Liverpool collapsed, the green Man very probably kept three points.
Man City still turns Liverpool into an ‘audience’ with a show at Etihad
The first half started with an extremely open game from both teams. The advantage of playing at home helps Man City to actively deploy their favorite play and create a few dangerous opportunities. However, soon after was a sharp answer from the guests when from a counter-attack, Salah was in the right place when the ball bounced from Jota’s feet, finishing close to the goal to open the match.
However, the ᴜnҽxрҽcтҽԀ goal helped the home players wake up. Right after that, Man City took the initiative to hold the ball and put terrible pressure on Becker’s goal. In the end, whatever came had to come when Alvarez scored an equalizer from Grealish’s clearing, the two teams finished the first half with an even score.
Entering the second half, Man City suԀԀenly got an early goal due to Kevin’s work and since then, the game has completely belonged to the home team. The Citizens’ outstanding ability to hold the ball made the pressing “machines” on The Kop’s side “turn off” completely. Man City then continuously scored more goals from Gundogan, and Grealish, and the match ended with a strong victory for the home team.