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Man City 2, Liverpool 2: Guardiola’s Men Held By Klopp’s Reds In Four-goal Thriller

 

 

Leaders Manchester City and top challengers Liverpool shared the spoils Sunday evening in the English Premier League blockbuster that ended 2-2 ensuring that the race for the top prize could go down to the wire reports Prime Business Africa.

City’s Belgian star Kevin De Bruyne put City ahead with a clinical finish in the 5th minute but five minutes later Diogo Jota restored parity for the Reds. Pep Guardiola’s Men however finished the first half with a 2-1 lead courtesy of Jesus Gabriel nine minutes before the break.

Sadio Mane  then equalised for Liverpool barely a minute into the second as he played onside by Kyle Walker after latching onto a through pass.

The draw was Liverpool’s first on 10 consecutive matches in the league and they have failed to defeat title rivals City in their last five Premier League contests.

Man City top the league standings with 74 points, while Liverpool are placed second with 73 points.

Over four seasons, the two juggernauts have been evenly matched, taking their respective tallies to 339 and 338 points respectively.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

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