Liverpool legend blasts refereeing in win over Manchester City

Liverpool pulled off the surprise of the Premier League's tenth matchday after a 1-0 win over Manchester City, pushing Pep Guardiola's side off the top of the table and regaining some ground in the Championship. At Anfield, Mohamed Salah (76) gave the 'Reds (8th) three valuable points, scoring the only goal of the game, in the win over Erling Haaland's Manchester City, who were involved in a Phil Foden goal (53), which ended up being disallowed for a previous foul by the Norwegian attacker on Fabinho.

In a scrappy game, Jurgen Klopp was eventually sent off (86) for protesting an uncalled foul by Bernardo Silva on Salah. Diogo Jota was stretchered off injured, further bad news for the Reds' attack, who already lost Colombian Luis Diaz to injury against Arsenal last Sunday. With this result, Manchester City are stuck on 23 points in second place in the Premier League, behind Arsenal who have 27 points, while Liverpool climb to eighth place on 13 points.

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Competitive, restrained, intense and steady in the first half, with defences outnumbering attacks until then, the second half really unleashed Liverpool and Manchester City, who were both voracious after the interval, with ambition in their faces, They were confronted in ambition, merit and chances, but without a goal until Mohamed Salah's 1-0, due to the crucial and timely saves of their Brazilian goalkeepers, Alisson and Ederson, indispensable then for the 0-0 draw that lasted until the 75th minute, until the Egyptian '11' scored the definitive goal.

In a game that ignited in the second half, Manchester Cityhad several chances to score and found the back of the net early in the secondhalf, only for Phil Foden's goal to be disallowed after a VAR review, whichidentified a foul by Erling Haaland on Fabinho. Liverpool, who became the firstteam in 19 Premier League games to prevent City scoring, moved up to eighth inthe table with 13 points, while the defending champions remain second on 23points.

<strong>Carragher criticised Anthony Taylor&#39;s performance</strong>

‘It was a fantastic game at Anfield even without lots ofgoals. Salah was electric & deserved to be the match winner. On the Citydisallowed goal there was a shirt pull, I said the same when it happened to ManUnited earlier in the season so it’s not a biased view. The referee never gavethis shirt pull, so Man City may have a point on the disallowed goal’.