Manchester City stayed one point clear of Liverpool at the highest point of the Premier League standings after the exceptionally expected conflict of the goliaths finished in a throbbing 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
The match satisfied its charging right from the off as City flew out of the snares, hustling into a fifth-minute lead after Kevin De Bruyne's strike was diverted past Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson.
City, playing with the high squeezing force which their rivals are acclaimed for, might have started to lead the pack minutes sooner yet Raheem Sterling shot delicately at Alisson from a great position.
With the unruly home group detecting Jurgen Klopp's side were wobbling, notwithstanding, Liverpool showed their grit as they refocused and evened out eight minutes after the fact through Diogo Jota, helped by a flawlessly padded Trent Alexander-Arnold pass.
The rhythm was constant, the activity holding and the force moved again when Gabriel Jesus reestablished City's lead in the 36th moment.
Liverpool cleared a corner just to the extent that Joao Cancelo and the Portuguese full back drifted the ball back profound into the case where Jesus had remained onside, nipping past Alexander-Arnold and controlling the ball past Alisson.
It was whenever Liverpool first had followed at the break in the Premier League this season, yet they didn't require long to reestablish equality, scoring 46 seconds after the restart.
Mohamed Salah got the ball on the right flank and parted the City defense with a wonderful pass to Sadio Mane who burst goalwards prior to changing over with his standard accuracy.
City were paralyzed yet Pep Guardiola's side recuperated to recapture control of the midfield for a large part of the last part and they came nearest to dominating the match.
Raheem Sterling idea he had again given the hosts the benefit in the 63rd moment, hustling on to a splendid De Bruyne through ball, just for the previous Liverpool forward to be controlled offside following a VAR survey.
In the 90th moment, City substitute Riyad Mahrez shaved the outside of the post with a free kick and in stoppage time the Algerian had an extraordinary opportunity to dominate the match yet his endeavored chip was askew.
It was a sketchy choice from Mahrez when a more customary methodology could have paid off yet City were passed on to process a point that changes minimal in the race.
"It's an incredible opportunity. Riyad decided to chip and assuming it goes in it's a miracle goal," said De Bruyne.
"We played quite well, I think we had the high ground. This is the manner in which we really want to play the remainder of the time. I realize individuals said whoever comes out on top for gets the championship. However, it's too hard, the timetable is excessively extreme for the two groups to dominate each match, yet we will attempt," added the Belgian.
The outcome was a rehash of October's scoreline at Anfield and was whenever City first had scored first and not proceeded to win in the Premier League this season.
A fourth Premier League crown in five seasons is in City's grasp, however, as they continued on toward 74 places, one in front of their title rivals, yet with seven games left for the two groups there is still a lot of work to do.
"Obviously, we realized we would go under pressure from the beginning, they are an awesome group," said Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson.
"I felt we settled down a little and caused them issues. It's satisfying the way that we two times fought against eminent loss. We need to focus on ourselves and dominate however many matches as could be expected under the circumstances. On the off chance that they goof we must be there right behind them. We'll continue onward until the end," he added.
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