Liverpool went into the October international break with an enthralling draw at home to Manchester City.
The Reds had to settle for a point in the 2-2 stalemate in the Premier League contest at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah scored the goals for Liverpool, while Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne got on the scoresheet for the visitors.
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Jurgen Klopp’s side now lie in second place in the Premier League table and remain the only unbeaten side left in the top flight.
Plenty of national media outlets were at Anfield on Sunday to watch Liverpool settle for a point against Man City.
Here is a selection of what they had to say.
Martin Samuel, via the Daily Mail
“And that is the difference a goalscorer makes.
“Not just any goalscorer, of course. The greatest in English football, right now. Mohamed Salah is in arguably the form of his life – which is saying something – and yesterday he made the difference in a match that may yet decide the outcome of the title.
“Salah made one goal and scored another. Liverpool didn’t win, but could easily have lost. And who knows how important this point may yet be to Jurgen Klopp’s side come May? Margins between these teams have been frightfully tight in the past.
“Would a prolific match-winner have settled this game for Manchester City? We will never know. We can speculate, however, that once again there is a lot of heavy lifting in front of goal being done by their forward midfielders when Liverpool keep it simpler.
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“Take their first goal. It came about because when Liverpool counter-attack they have not one, not two, but three strikers, all exceptional finishers, haring towards the opposition penalty area. Manchester City have wonderful attacking potential, too.
“Yet often, they have to find an intricacy, a scenic route, where Liverpool aim for the bullseye. Manchester City dominated the first-half, yet had nothing to show for it. When Liverpool came alive after half-time, they took the lead twice only to be pegged back by City’s impressive resilience.”
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Miguel Delaney, via The Independent
“A game that left us none the wiser about the Premier League’s best team, but perhaps went some way to proving its best player.
“This helter-skelter 2-2 draw at Anfield kept the top of the table nicely poised, but suggested that the sensational Mohamed Salah could be set to move onto another level.
“His two brilliant contributions will be what this contest between Liverpool and Manchester City will be remembered for. He offered two divine moments, one of them a brilliant goal, in one superb individual display.
“Pep Guardiola’s side just offered a show of champions’ character in responding. The City manager may well debate why there wasn’t a red card for James Milner, who was badly exposed at right-back and conditioned the game in his own unfortunate way, but there could be no debate about its outstanding player – and maybe the outstanding player in Europe right now.
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“It was a timely performance from Salah given that we’re getting into an era where we talk about the best players in the world after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
“There’s no other way to describe what Salah did here, though. It was Messi-worthy, and even Diego Maradona-worthy.
“His first contribution was reminiscent of both, and Messi’s set-up for Angel Di Maria against Switzerland in 2014, as well as Maradona’s for Claudio Caniggia against Brazil in 1990. Salah just cut through the City half to draw most of their defence before slipping in Sadio Mane.
“The second was like any of their best goals, maybe even Maradona’s against Belgium. In the tightest of spaces near the City box, Salah went and beat Phil Foden, Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva and Aymeric Laporte before thundering the ball past Ederson from an even tighter angle.”
David Hytner, via The Guardian
“It was a goal worthy of winning any game. Only not this one. When Mohamed Salah picked up possession for Liverpool in the inside-right channel on 76 minutes, there did not appear to be too much on.
“But Salah is in a rare groove of form and, after getting the position on Rodri, the way he rolled his studs over the top of the ball to trick past Bernardo Silva was balletic. Salah was not finished. Into the area, he went one way and then the other to bamboozle Aymeric Laporte in the tightest of spaces before slotting a finish into the bottom corner.
“As the Liverpool support comprehensively lost their grip on the plot, a penny for the thoughts of Manchester City. They had just cancelled out Sadio Mané’s 58th-minute opening goal with one from the excellent Phil Foden and, having exerted almost total control over the first half, they might have felt that it was not to be their day.
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“But City were not finished. They refused to wallow and what shone through as they found a second equaliser was their champion courage as much as their ability. The goal was created by Foden and, when he pulled back from the left and Kyle Walker missed his kick, Kevin De Bruyne’s shot from the edge of the area deflected off Joël Matip to beat Alisson.
“It was a game of the highest quality, a thriller between surely the two best teams in England and it nearly carried a late sting at both ends.”
Paul Joyce, via The Times
“At the final whistle, Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp high-fived and repeatedly slapped one another on the back before the Catalan leant in and kissed his rival on the left cheek.
“It was a moment of respect, unity and mutual admiration before they went their separate ways and the pursuit of a Premier League title kicked back in.
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“In many ways it was a fitting image following a breathless, see-saw encounter which was enlivened by moments of sheer genius such as Mohamed Salah’s remarkable goal which, briefly, edged Liverpool into the lead again only for Manchester City to repeatedly rouse themselves.”
