Manchester City has fallen to their first Premier League defeat of the season at the hands of Liverpool, who ran out 4-3 winners in a thrilling contest at Anfield on Sunday.
The hosts took the lead after just nine minutes as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s early strike set the tempo for an enthralling top-four clash, but City went into the break all square courtesy of Leroy Sane’s equaliser.
A spell of three goals in just eight minutes from Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah put Jurgen Klopp’s side in complete control of the match, though, and they held on despite Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan giving City hope of a stunning comeback late on.
The visitors levelled things up out of nothing with only four minutes remaining before half time, though, when Joe Gomez misjudged a crossfield pass from Kyle Walker which was expertly taken down by Sane. The German winger then cut inside before turning back onto his left foot and firing a powerful effort past Karius at the near post.
The second half began at a similarly high tempo and City were close to going ahead just six minutes after the restart when Otamendi met a corner with a thumping header that crashed against the crossbar with Karius rooted to the spot.
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