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Liverpool –
Manchester City successfully won a landslide victory in the Liverpool cage. Here are 10 facts after Liverpool vs Manchester City at Anfield.
In match number 23 played on Sunday (7/2/2021), Liverpool and City drew goalless in the first half. City took the lead through Ilkay Guendogan before being equaled by a Mohamed Salah penalty.
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However, Alisson Becker’s two errors gave City a 3-1 lead thanks to goals from Guendogan and Raheem Sterling. Phil Foden closed out City’s 4-1 goal fest at Anfield, cementing his position at the top of the table.
Liverpool, as the defending champion, are getting worse. Here are 10 grief-related facts, cited by Opta
– Manchester City are now matching a streak of winning streaks in England’s biggest breed competition, 14 wins in a row, along with Preston (ending in 1892) and Arsenal (ending in 1987).
– Liverpool were the first defending champion after Chelsea in March 1956, who suffered three consecutive defeats at home.
– After 23 games, Liverpool (40) have 27 points less than last season (67), the biggest drop in points of the current champions in the history of the top flight.
– Raheem Sterling is the third player to score 100 or more goals with Pep Guardiola during his career as a manager, after Lionel Messi (211) and Sergio Agüero (120).
– Four of the last six failed Premier League penalties have been committed by Manchetser City players, three of whom have faced Liverpool (Mahrez in October 2018, De Bruyne in November 2020 and Guendogan)
– Of the players who have scored at least 10 goals in all competitions in the five best leagues in Europe, only Erling Haaland (20 years 201 days) is younger than Phil Foden (20 years 255 days)
– Liverpool have converted 19 of the penalties they have won in the Premier League, 13 of which were scored by Mohamed Salah.
– Since scoring his first goal of the season on December 15, Ilkay Guendogan has scored at least three more goals than any other player in the Premier League (9).
– Ilkay Guendogan is Manchester City’s top scorer this season (11 with Sterling), only losing to Bruno Fernandes (18), who is the most prolific midfielder in the Premier League this season.
– Fabinho’s foul is the 21st penalty Raheem Sterling has won in the Premier League, the most of any player in the competition.
(mrp / aff)
