Will Rooney reports from the Etihad Stadium.
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00:00 Well, full-time here, Thieta had stage where he finished.
00:02 Manchester City won, Liverpool won.
00:05 Top of the table, Premier League clash ends in a draw.
00:08 Spoils shades.
00:09 Liverpool had to rescue a point, however.
00:11 They weren't at their very best, but I'm sure Liverpool
00:15 will be delighted to see Sol Yeager flop by in his draw
00:18 against a Manchester City side who'd won 23
00:21 of the previous home games successfully.
00:23 Liverpool obviously ended that run.
00:25 And yeah, I'd say Liverpool, they were slow.
00:27 Jürgen Pons was in the first half, Alisson Becker,
00:30 was normally uber-consistent, but he has a rare off day.
00:34 And in the 11th minute, he just misplaced the pass
00:38 straight to Phil Foden.
00:39 Liverpool were very lucky that Phil Foden only hit a shot
00:43 tamely down the throat of Alisson.
00:45 But Liverpool struggled to muster real chances.
00:49 Darwin Nunes had a glancing header
00:52 when Liverpool made some decent progress.
00:53 But yeah, the breakthrough came in the 26th minute
00:57 through Ayrton Harland, back to 50th Premier League goal.
01:00 He hasn't even been in the country 18 months yet.
01:03 What a prolific talent.
01:04 Poor kick from Alisson out.
01:07 He just rushed it.
01:08 He wants to play a counterattack.
01:10 Like that goal that Liverpool scored against Man City
01:13 at Anfield last season when he just played it very early
01:16 to Mo Salah.
01:17 But he got his kick all wrong.
01:20 And City picked it up.
01:22 Nathan Ache skipped past Trent Alexander-Arnold
01:25 to Dominic Savard, like far too easily.
01:27 Slipped in Ayrton Harland, and he finished with a plumb
01:31 into the far corner.
01:32 Liverpool, they responded.
01:34 But they had a couple of opportunities
01:36 where you just wanted someone to pull the trigger.
01:38 Darwin Nunes had one where he was about 20-odd yards out.
01:42 Curtis Jones as well, a good situation.
01:44 They looked like they were waiting for someone to come
01:46 and take responsibility.
01:48 In the second half, Liverpool did improve.
01:51 Weren't a lot of chances in the second half.
01:53 Julian Alvarez put one over the bar.
01:54 Ruben De Asa's goal ruled out because it was a judge stick.
01:59 Alisson Becker was far from the corner.
02:01 Some people weren't too convinced that that was a foul.
02:03 But Liverpool got away with it.
02:05 But then Alisson came to Liverpool's rescue.
02:06 And in their 17-90 minute, ball was cut back
02:09 from Jeremy Duff, who was absolutely immense for Man City.
02:12 Pulled it back to Harland.
02:13 But there was Alisson and Liverpool a minute later.
02:17 They got the equaliser through Trent Alexander-Arnold.
02:20 On a counter-attack, ball shifted over to the right for Salah.
02:23 And Alexander-Arnold comes and makes a late run.
02:26 Takes one touch and fires it home.
02:28 Really hit it really well, really clean into the far corner.
02:32 And yeah, from there, Liverpool managed to see it out.
02:34 Earn a point.
02:35 They'll be delighted with that.
02:37 Still a point behind Manchester City, obviously.
02:39 How results go this weekend, that things might change things
02:42 for Liverpool.
02:42 But they've come here.
02:44 They've got a point.
02:45 They'll need to do a little bit more convincing
02:46 to say that they can be in the title race
02:49 come the end of the season.
02:52 Liverpool still gel together.
02:53 They have players who were below the best today.
02:56 Curtis Jones was back in the team after an injury layoff.
02:58 He looked a little bit rusty.
03:00 Diogo Jota wasn't his best.
03:02 He, of course, he'd come off injured in the 53rd minute.
03:04 And Alisson Becquerel, later on, looked like he'd picked up
03:07 after an injury.
03:07 So the influx at Liverpool are going
03:09 to have to see the situation with those.
03:11 But overall, Liverpool will be delighted to have earned a point
03:14 here at the end of Manchester City.
03:16 one to the third one.