Klopp and Guardiola bid farewell with a draw and Arteta remains the leader

Jurgen Kloppto leave the Liverpool at the end of the season, and Pep Guardiola They bid farewell to the Premier this Sunday with an impressive and emotional match as expected, ending in a draw (1-1) for the ‘reds’ against City of Manchesterwhich allows Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal (which is looking for its first Premier since 2003-04) continues to lead. The Gunners are first thanks to goal difference, which is tied at Liverpool and there is one more point than that City of Manchester. There is no shortage of recent controversy in the possible Doku punishment on Mac Allister in the last game of the game.

That was the last confrontation in between Klopp and Guardiola in Premier. The last meeting between two coaches whose rivalry has marked football in the last decade more than any other. And exciting, full of emotions until the end.

He City of Manchester It started very strongly at Anfield, putting the Reds defense in a lot of trouble from the start. But the team Klopp He overcame that initial stretch and began to react and reach the defended goal, until he was injured, to Ederson.

In Liverpool a goal is not allowed Luis Diaz for offside Darwin Nunez. is city the one that went ahead and did it in the 23rd minute thanks to a goal from John Stones, in a rehearsed move and thanks to the magic of Kevin de Bruynestellar when serving a corner at high speed at the near post, with stones appears where the players of Liverpool They didn’t expect it. DeBruyne got angry then Guardiola He replaced him in the 69th minute to bring on Mateo Kovacic.

He Liverpool He had chances in the first half, but he didn’t have a goal. AND Darwin Nunez He earned up to five offsides. The ‘reds’ suffered from the counterattacks made by the ‘citizens’, with great Phil Fodenbut the defense of the Anfield team supported the Anfeld team. Virgil van Dijk is at its best, the youth Quansah and Bradley they shine

So, at 0-1, the break was reached. This is another one Liverpool in the second part. The ‘reds’ leveled the score thanks to a penalty taken, after a mistake by Nathan Akeneither Ederson about Darwin Nunez. It was brilliantly converted by Argentine world champion Alexis Mac Allister in the 50th minute. In that game where he took the maximum penalty, Ederson was injured, and he continued on the field but had to leave in the 56th minute.

Klopp preferred to leave Mohamed Salah on the bench, who reappeared against Sparta after his injury, and the German coach brought on the Egyptian star in the 61st minute to replace Dominik Szoboszlai.

Moments of fast attacking play from Liverpool followed, but Luis Díaz missed three golden chances, one of them after a good pass by Salah. The Anfield crowd were desperate as their team were vastly superior to City in this section but it didn’t show on the scoreboard.

City woke up, Kelleher came close to the goal again, Foden came close to scoring on a rebound and the ball hit the crossbar. How Quansah scored with a shot that ultimately did not surprise Ortega, who replaced Ederson after his injury. Luis Díaz was very close to the goal. He scored again, opportunity after opportunity, his second goal. Which would have given him victory over a city that he was once again led.

But, between the ‘red’ times, Doc He hit a ball against the post. It is 88′. And then wrong forced to show off Ortega. Liverpool had more chances, pushing until the end, but it all ended in 1-1. There was no shortage of controversy at the last moment, over Doku’s possible punishment of Mac Allister. The fact is that this tie means that, in their careers, Klopp has beaten Guardiola 12 times, Pep 11 against the German and has 7 draws.