Striker Mohamed Salah scored a crucial goal for Liverpool to beat Man City 2-1 at Etihad Stadium Man City started off as a dream com...
Striker Mohamed Salah scored a crucial goal for Liverpool to beat Man City 2-1 at Etihad Stadium
Man City started off as a dream comeback when Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring in less than a minute. Van Dijk passed the ball to defender City City counterattack just outside the Liverpool court and former player Raheem Sterling is the creator Jesus made.
However, Man City have been in constant trouble at the end of the first half. They were relegated by the referee to a second offside with Leroy Sane despite touching James Milner before the City midfielder scored. Guardiola responded fiercely to this situation and the behavior of the Spanish ruler was ousted by compatriot referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz on the podium.
Losing Guardiola on the bench, City slumped into the second half and conceded a break. Salah equalized after the break from Sadio Mane's breakthrough. This is Salah's 39th goal in all competitions this season and he is the first person from the English Premier League to score direct shoe on 50 goals thanks to 11 more tectonics.
Salah's score means City have to add four more goals to go. While the hosts' uprising will be exhausted, Liverpool end the game with Roberto Firmino's goal. The Brazilian striker snatched the ball from Nicolas Otamendi and beat goalkeeper Ederson.
Liverpool won the Champions League semi-final in more than 10 years at 5-1. This is a very meaningful result with teacher Jurgen Klopp in the season they have the explosion in the Champions League. Liverpool have scored 33 goals in European competition this season, the best performance of a team in England.
Salah was Liverpool's most worried player before the game, not any City player. Egypt striker must leave early in the first leg due to groin injury but recovered in time to return to the turn. Salah's equalizer shows the importance of the striker by knocking down the spirit of City at the right time.
In his explosive season, Salah showed off the charm when he was in the right spot to score. Only from such an opportunity, Salah made a shot past center-half Otamendi when the player leaned out the corner. The goal showed the cool and calm of the foot born in 1992 at the time of deciding the ticket to the semi-finals.
The calm and cool of Salah opposite the person sitting on the hot seat of City. Coach Guardiola has lost the calm after claiming that his team was treated unfairly on home soil. Milner touched the ball before rebounding to Leroy Sane's goal, but the referee handed off the offside flag.
This is the moment that has been able to help the City had a tremendous advantage before the second half and Guardiola coaches have the right to react. However, his overreaction hurt himself and the team. History has shown that Guardiola has no good memories with Lahoz because the referee blew the quarter-final last season, watching City being eliminated by Monaco. In that match, Lahoz gave Monaco a penalty and refused to do the same after Aguero made a clear foul.
It was a painful week for Guardiola when the team lost three consecutive games to two big rivals in the country, Liverpool and Man Utd. However, this season is still a memorable time for City when they are only two feet away from the Premier League championship. The applause at the Etihad Stadium for teachers Guardiola after the defeat to Liverpool is the encouragement of the team.
Meanwhile, Liverpool will know their opponents in the semi-finals after UEFA's draw on Friday.
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