Jurgen Klopp summed it up perfectly: “What a game, what an atmosphere, what an afternoon.”
Even his wife enjoyed it. “She was completely buzzing,” the Liverpool manager said — and just about everyone inside Anfield must have felt the same.
It ended with the points shared: Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City. In that respect, perhaps the biggest beneficiaries were Arsenal, who remain top of the Premier League with 10 games left, ahead of Liverpool on goal difference. But it was one of those afternoons when it feels legitimate rather than trite to suggest football was the winner — another epic battle between these two teams who, in terms of speed and imagination, can give you the feeling you are watching 4D chess.
How do you even begin to choose a man of the match for a game like that? Sky Sports went for Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk. Users on the Premier League app went for his team-mate Alexis Mac Allister. Both are sensible suggestions but you could equally make a case for Harvey Elliott, Luis Diaz, Wataru Endo, Kyle Walker or John Stones. Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne ran the show for City for much of the first half, even if they were knocked out of their stride in the second. Jeremy Doku’s exhilarating cameo almost turned the game back in City’s favour.
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