Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
Georginio Wijnaldum’s early strike for Liverpool has set some tone for the New Year! Liverpool are the main challengers to Chelsea for the Premier League title and Manchester City need to wake up.
Some betting websites are ready to hand the title to Chelsea and let’s face it, any team on a 13-match winning run can expect betting tips to give them the nod.
And after tonight’s tussle at Anfield, Manchester City fans may be tempted to put 2016 behind them while the Liverpool faithful can look back fondly and forward to 2017 with some optimism.
The deciding, indeed the only, goal was a good one. Adam Lallana’s excellent cross was met by Wijnaldum’s powerful header to put the home side ahead. And for much of the first half, Liverpool pressed and probed and could have snatched a second.
Pep Guardiola inspired his team at halftime, and throughout the second half they pressed for an equaliser but without really testing the home keeper enough. City’s highly paid winger Raheem Sterling struggled to make an impact while receiving loud taunts from the Liverpool crowd.
And it was Sergio Aguero’s first appearance since his sending off against Chelsea, but even the Premier League’s most vaunted striker couldn’t breach the ‘pool defence.
This defeat for Pep’s boys leaves them ten points behind Chelsea, and that’s a big gap. But for Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool this was a big win, and now they need to make up six points.
It’s two wins.
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