Jurgen klopp's anchor in the dressing room was behind Liverpool's first start in the second half against Manchester City, according to Roy Keane.
Liverpool went into the break 21 down at the hand Stadium after goals from Kevin de bruyne and Gabriel Jesus had given City the edge, despite their graduate as a lawyer equalizer. Remarkably, it was the first time that klopp's side had been behind at half- time in 31 premier League games this season.
Manchester City had created much the better chances in the first 45 minutes and could have been further ahead. Yet their way side managed to turn things around almost immediately when the second-half kicked off.
Liverpool put together a fluent move down the right-hand side with Mohamed salah sliding through a perfect pass for Sergio mani to curl a first-time short past Ederson to make it to 2-2. Manchester City continue to press and fashioned a fantastic chance to win it in injury time, bet Riyad mahrez tip over the bar to leave the title race finally balanced, with pep guardiola team a point ahead with seven games left to play.
"Liverpool struggled to get going but the second half they showed their character,"said by Kean."Klopp had a go ask them at halftime and they were early out onto the page for the start of the season period. He wanted them to show their true colours and we saw that, before City again had some great chances. It was a great reminder of what the game is still all about and why we love it. Credit to all the players."
Some had a cagey match between the league's two best sides, but that is not what materialized. Manchester City took the lead just five minutes into the Bruyne's deflected effort before Jota equalised from Trent alexander-arnold cut-back. Jesus made it 2-1 with a cushioned shot from Joao Cancelo's cross before Mane's cool finish in the 47th minutes.
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