Liverpool’s fast, attacking start threatened to overwhelm
Manchester City but the home side found a response
This was a tantalising and, at times, oddly melancholy game of football. For an hour at the Etihad Manchester City and
Liverpool produced an exhibition of finely-wrought escapism, one of those moments when
Football just draws the curtains on the rest of the world and basks in its own heat and light.
That they did so was a credit to the tunnel vision intensity of the players. And also to an engrossing bare knuckle tactical duel played out between Jürgen Klopp and
Pep Guardiola in the opening half hour.