Manchester City kept the Premier League title race alive with a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory over Liverpool at Anfield, sealed by Erling Haaland's stoppage-time penalty at the end of a breathless contest. Liverpool had led through a sensational Dominik Szoboszlai free-kick and looked poised to claim a crucial win before City struck twice late on to turn the game on its head.
Bernardo Silva forced home an 84th-minute equaliser to cancel out Szoboszlai's opener, and when Alisson brought down Matheus Nunes in added time, Haaland kept his composure from the spot to complete the turnaround. There was still time for further drama at both ends as Gianluigi Donnarumma denied Alexis Mac Allister, Rayan Cherki saw a goal ruled out and Szoboszlai was sent off amid VAR confusion, before City emerged with three precious points.
Szoboszlai's Sensational Free-Kick Puts Liverpool on the Brink
For much of the evening it appeared that this match would belong to Dominik Szoboszlai. The Liverpool midfielder produced the game's first major flashpoint by scoring with a sensational free-kick, bending his effort beyond Donnarumma and into the net to send Anfield into raptures. It was the moment of quality that initially separated the sides in a fiercely contested meeting between Liverpool and the reigning Premier League champions.