Manchester City claimed a 2-1 comeback win over Liverpool at Anfield, tightening an intense Premier League title race. Arsenal had moved nine points clear
earlier on Saturday, but City reduced the gap to six, while also completing a league double over Liverpool for the first time since the 1936-37 season.
The defeat carried extra weight for Liverpool’s home record. This was the first Premier League loss at Anfield in which Liverpool scored first since a 2-1 reverse against Crystal Palace in April 2017. That result ends a long sequence of 109 unbeaten league home matches when opening the scoring.
The match lacked clear chances before half-time, though Erling Haaland forced an early save from Alisson. After the interval, Hugo Ekitike missed two promising opportunities, including a close header that drifted wide. Liverpool then struck from a central free-kick positioned 25 yards out, finally breaking the deadlock.
Dominik Szoboszlai took responsibility for that set-piece and produced a swerving right-foot strike. The ball flew past the Manchester City wall, clipped the right post and bounced in, leaving Gianluigi Donnarumma stranded in the 74th minute. Anfield lifted, yet the advantage lasted only 10 minutes against sustained City pressure.
City levelled when Bernardo Silva slid in to divert Haaland’s knockdown beyond Alisson. Deep in stoppage time, Alisson raced from goal and fouled Matheus Nunes. Haaland drove the 93rd-minute penalty into the bottom-left corner, timed at 92:42, the latest recorded Premier League winning goal by a visiting side at Anfield.
There was further chaos as Liverpool chased another late response. Donnarumma tipped away a powerful strike from Alexis Mac Allister. With Alisson pushed forward, Rayan Cherki tried a shot from his own half that rolled into the empty net, but a VAR review penalised Haaland for a foul on Szoboszlai, who was also dismissed for an earlier foul on Haaland in the same move.
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Key Premier League numbers for Manchester City and Liverpool
Liverpool’s defeat continued a trend of late setbacks in this Premier League campaign. Liverpool have now conceded four 90th-minute winners in league matches this season, already the joint-most by any team across a single Premier League season, underlining repeated problems with closing out tight contests.
The contest at Anfield underlined Manchester City’s ability to recover under pressure and maintain pursuit of Arsenal, while Liverpool’s late collapse highlighted recurring defensive issues in crucial moments, as a long-standing home record and another narrow advantage slipped away in added time.
