On the evening of April 10, Beijing time, the 32nd round of the Premier League ushered in a top battle, with Manchester City playing at home against Liverpool. In the opening 4th minute, Sterling missed a single knife, in the 5th minute, De Bruyne scored from a distance, Manchester City made a fantastic start 1-0 at home, Liverpool suffered a nightmare start, and in the 12th minute, Jota scored to help Liverpool equalize 1-1.
At present, in the standings, Manchester City has 73 points, ranking first, Liverpool has 72 points, ranking second, the two teams are only 1 point apart, which team wins, will directly affect the next trend of the title race.
According to statistics, this is the 50th time in the history of the Premier League that the top two teams in the standings have met directly, after 49 matches, the leader won 20 times, lost 18 times, and drew the remaining 11 times. In addition, Manchester City have won 7, drawn 4 and lost 1 of their last 12 home games against Liverpool, with no shortage of 5-0, 4-0, 3-0 wins.
In terms of starting, Manchester City sent The Trident of Jesus, Sterling and Foden Forward, De Bruyne, Rodri and B to sit in midfield, Liverpool are also in the 433 formation, and Salah, Jota and Mane lead the forward trident.
In the opening four minutes, City counter-attacked quickly, De Bruyne advanced the ball, Mahrez crossed the right side of the penalty area into the middle of the box, and Sterling's one-handed push was blocked by Alisson, missing a great opportunity.
In the 5th minute, De Bruyne took the ball to the left side of the front of the penalty area, suddenly came a long-range shot, the ball hit Matip and changed into the net, Manchester City made a fantastic start 1-0 at home, witnessed by more than 60,000 fans.
Sterling missed a one-handed mistake and De Bruyne scored with a long-range shot, which is a huge difference in efficiency between the striker and the midfielder. De Bruyne has scored in three consecutive games, including a home goal against Atletico Inletico in the Champions League, and now has an early goal in the Premier League table battle, worthy of the title of Manchester City's first star.
Desperately, Liverpool quickly equalized. In the 12th minute, Robertson took the ball to the right bottom line of the penalty area, Arnold inverted the triangle, Jota followed up with a right-footed push to win, the score became 1-1 draw, the same starting line.
In just 7 minutes, both teams scored 1 goal each, both were athletic goals, very exciting, after the equalizer, Klopp celebrated passionately, Guardiola was speechless.