And what better way than to get
that goal against your city rivals?
The second half, however, was a contrast to the first, as the Reds put on an exhilarating display of free flowing football that enabled them to turn the game around and clinch it by yet another injury time
goal against their city rivals.
Not exact matches
The Gunners are now withing touching distance of Man
City and just one result could see us overtake them at the top, which is why Wenger and his comments on the Arsenal website sounded thankful to our local
rivals for giving Arsenal the chance to close that gap to the leaders and why he feels the late
goal against Burnley was so vital.
He contributed two assists
against Swansea
City, before proving influential
against Tottenham as the Gunners clawed back from a
goal down to take a point from their vicious
rivals.
Having been thoroughly outplayed by
rivals Manchester
City last weekend, United responded by beating Bournemouth but could only manage a solitary
goal against Eddie Howe's struggling side.
Not only did the Chelsea boss see his side throw away a two
goal lead
against Bradford
City but he even forget the name of his FA Cup conquerors, mistakenly calling them their Yorkshire and League One
rivals Barnsley!
Worryingly for Klopp, who had once boasted an impressive record
against Liverpool's fellow «big six»
rivals, his side have just been hammered in their most recent meetings with Manchester
City and Spurs, shipping nine
goals across both games.
Man United concede a 94th minute
goal against Leicester at the King Power Stadium this evening, as
rivals Man
City stretched the gap over the Red Devils to 13 points.
Norwich
City will be satisfied to come out of the first leg of their playoff tie
against rivals Ipswich Town with a draw, but there's everything left to play for after their 1 - 1 deadlock, especially now that away
goals are no longer a tiebreaker in the promotion playoffs.
Sterling's
goal also fired
City 15 points clear of nearest
rivals Manchester United, who seem to be doing their bit to help
City wrap up the title as quickly as possible after dropping four points in their last two games
against Leicester
City and Burnley.
But once again this weekend Stoke were a shadow of that side as they meekly allowed Man
City to win and score four
goals without reply, just as they did
against another of our main
rivals Tottenham on Monday.
Ibrahimovic marked his first start for LA Galaxy with the winning
goal in a narrow 1 - 0 victory over the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park on Saturday, after scoring on his debut
against city rivals LAFC.
Falcao scored at Messi / Ronaldo levels in La Liga this season, smashing in 32
goals in just 36 games for Atletico Madrid, and helping them to win the Spanish Cup
against city -
rivals Real Madrid.
«Until
City's first
goal it had been one of the best 40 minutes we had played on a stage like this
against a top quality
rival,» Enrique said afterwards.
The first was also
against Manchester
City at Maine Road in November 1993, where
goals from Eric Cantona (2) and Roy Keane flattened their
rivals, who had taken a 2 - 0 lead at half - time through Niall Quinn's double.
They've had no such problems
against their main
rivals, though, and on Sunday they'll look to once again rise to the occasion when they welcome table - toppers Man
City to Anfield aiming to repeat last season's epic performance in the corresponding fixture back in April, when Andy Carroll scored his first
goals for the club in a comprehensive 3 - 0 victory.
The dynamism and speed of them though certainly
rivals City in some respects, with Liverpool's slower build - up play the only aspect that lets them down — but as we saw
against Bournemouth, with Coutinho's
goal, there are clear signs of improvement across the board for the variety and strength in Liverpool's attacks.
Wayne Rooney winning best
goal for his acrobatic effort
against Manchester
City, Manchester United 4 - 3 victory win over their city rival in 2009 being voted the best game, and David de Gea's incredible save from Juan Mata free - kick in 2012 during a match against Chelsea was picked as the team's best save in the Premier League
City, Manchester United 4 - 3 victory win over their
city rival in 2009 being voted the best game, and David de Gea's incredible save from Juan Mata free - kick in 2012 during a match against Chelsea was picked as the team's best save in the Premier League
city rival in 2009 being voted the best game, and David de Gea's incredible save from Juan Mata free - kick in 2012 during a match
against Chelsea was picked as the team's best save in the Premier League era