Liverpool 2-0 Man City: Salah starred as City lost their seventh straight

Game is over and the final score is Liverpool 2-0 Man City. Salah provided an assist, and Gakpo scored with a close-range finish.Salah scored a penalty in the second half.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

4' Gakpo digs out a shot with his right foot and Stefan Ortega makes a super save

.

6' Szoboszlaiis gets the shot away and Stefan Ortega makes the save again

.

11' Stefan Ortega parries away Dominik Szoboszlai's effort again

.

11' CLOSE! Virgil van Dijk's effort from the corner hammers off the post

.

12' Gakpo opens the scoring from Salah's wonderful assist! Liverpool 1-0 Man City

.

14' Phil Foden is down and in need of treatment after Gravenberch's foul

.

18' Trent delivers a delicious pass for Salah but Nathan Ake gets a toe to it

.

18' Van Dijk fires an absolute bullet header from the corner which is just wide

.

20' Cody Gakpo skies his effort into the Kop

.

24' Matheus Nunes goes into the book for a foul on Trent Alexander-Arnold

.

30' Trent has a shot from 20 yards but it smashes straight into Manuel Akanji

.

32' Foden pulls the shirt of Gravenberch and goes into the referee's book for it

.

32' MacAllister's corner comes to Trent, who has a shot from range but flashes wide

.

35' Highlight from Liverpool vs Man City

39' Lewis gets the shot away with the outside of his right boot but it's just wide

.

44' Salah is fuming after Gundogan trods on his boot and it slips off

46' Trent gets a shot off from the corner but he can't get it on target

.

47' Akanji goes into the book after he clipped Gakpo while going for the ball

.

47' Match Event for Liverpool vs Man City

50' A bit of last-ditch defending from Nunes prevents Gakpo getting the shot away

.

51' Another big header from Virgil van Dijk who can't get it down on target

.

54' Match Event for Liverpool vs Man City

56' Salah tries to lift it into the far corner over Ortega but it sails over the bar

.

58' Jeremy Doku and Savinho are on for Matheus Nunes and Ilkay Gundogan

.

62' Van Dijk perfectly clears the ball and prevents Haaland charging down on goal

.

63' Salah drives forward and gets the shot off but it's over the bar

.

66' Ruben Dias blocks Arnold's shot but the offside flag was up anyway

.

69' Highlight from Liverpool vs Man City

73' Off comes goalscorer Cody Gakpo for Darwin Nunez and Trent makes way for Quansah

.

78' Salah nets the penalty goal to double the lead! Liverpool 2-0 Man City

.

78' On come Kevin de Bruyne and Jack Grealish, off go Rico Lewis and Phil Foden

.

80' Bernardo Silva fouls Mohamed Salah and there's a bit of afters between the two

.

83' Van Dijk makes a rare mistake and gifts ball to De Bruyne whose shot is saved

.

84' Curtis Jones comes on for Mohamed Salah

.

Match Report

As Liverpool surged nine points clear at the top of the Premier League, Pep Guardiola’s freefalling side were left in the Europa League places and in full-on meltdown after a sixth defeat in seven winless games.

Slot’s men can be declared champions-elect on the first day of Advent - having won 18 games out of 20 in all competitions under their new Dutch manager.

The Kop crowed that Guardiola would be ‘sacked in the morning’ and while that is not going to happen City’s extraordinary capitulation - which their manager has literally been beating himself up about - shows no sign of abating.

Aside from Rodri’s long-term injury absence, City’s side seemed to have aged significantly before our eyes over the past month and have been shorn of all confidence.

Guardiola responded to the gloating of Liverpool fans by counting up his Premier League titles and sticking up six fingers to his Scouse tormentors.

He would be better off picking the right team. One which includes his best player Kevin De Bruyne and an authentic winger or two.

Guardiola made a major call in dropping keeper Ederson and bringing in Stefan Ortega, but there was no De Bruyne and precious little natural width.

But the most shocking aspect of his starting line-up was that Erling Haaland was the only player included who had scored a Premier League goal this season.

Right from the off it was true to the formbook - a team who had won their last six matches battering a side who hadn’t won any of their last six.

Under Klopp, Liverpool enjoyed a few similar whirlwind starts against City but this one felt different given City’s horrendous run of results.

Ortega was swiftly into action, making saves from Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai - included in place of Curtis Jones.

Then Virgil Van Dijk headed against the inside of the post from an Alexis Mac Allister centre.

The pressure was unbearable and in the 12th minute, the dam broke.

Salah whistled in a low centre from the right and Gakpo - included ahead of Darwin Nunez - arrived at the back stick to shin it over the line for his sixth goal in seven games, with City skipper Kyle Walker seemingly unaware of the scorer’s whereabouts.

Van Dijk headed wide from Mac Allister corner, Gakpo scooped over, Trent Alexander-Arnold pinged one wide.

Then in the 39th minute, something unexpected happened - City joined in and had a shot on goal, Rico Lewis scuffing wide.

The champions were relieved to go in at the break only one goal down and though they started the second half in brighter fashion - even winning their first corner - there was no serious threat on the Liverpool goal.

A sweeping Andy Robertson pass picked out a galloping Gakpo but Matheus Nunes made a saving tackle, then Van Dijk headed narrowly over

And when Bernardo Silva was guilty of a poor pass, Salah nicked the ball from Manuel Akanji, surged clean through but curled over when ought to have doubled Liverpool’s lead.

Guardiola decided it was time to give his team some width, introducing Savinho and Jeremy Doku for Nunes and Ilkay Gundogan.

Liverpool were sitting back but giving up no chances.

Slot sent on Darwin Nunez who was soon instrumental in Liverpool winning their penalty, dispossessing Ruben Dias and feeding Luis Diaz, who was upended by an onrushing Ortega with Walker dawdling again.

Salah stepped up and slotted home the penalty, at which point Guardiola belatedly sent on Kevin De Bruyne.

It was the Belgian who finally forced a save from Caoimhin Kelleher after an unlikely slip from Van Dijk.

But there was no serious sign of a City comeback.

As Scousers battered his eardrums, Guardiola smirked and lifted those six fingers.

One for each defeat City have suffered in their last seven games.

Line-ups

Liverpool XI: Salah, Van Dijk, Robertson, Joe Gomez, Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Cody Gakpo, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Luis Díaz, Gravenberch

Subs: W. Endo, Darwin Núñez, Curtis Jones, Vitezslav Jaros, Elliott, Harvey Davies, Jarell Quansah, Tyler Morton, Trey Nyoni

Man City XI: Walker, Gundogan, Stefan Ortega, Ake, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Akanji, Haaland, Foden, Matheus Nunes, Rico Lewis

Subs: Carson, De Bruyne, Ederson, Grealish, Jérémy Doku, Josko Gvardiol, James McAtee, Savinho, Nico O'Reilly