Salah produced a masterclass individual effort to convert the lone goal that broke the tie in a tense match at Anfield. The Liverpool forward who was fresh from scoring a hattrick in 6 minutes away against Rangers, produced a brilliant piece of control to take down Alisson’s long kick and spin away from Joao Cancelo before beating Ederson with a cool finish in the 76th minute as Liverpool put their recent struggles behind them.

Liverpool came to the tie 13 points behind Manchester City in what seems to be a very poor start of the season in a long time. A muscular injury to Ibrahima Kante saw the French international join Joel Matip on the sidelines, meaning Joe Gomez had to move across to centre-back and James Milner had to fill in at right-back, with Trent Alexander-Arnold only fit enough for the bench.

However Jurgen Klopp’s men defended well as they are the only premier league side that has contained the free scoring Haaland. With he towering frontman who has netted 15 premier league goals in just 9 matches failing to convert any of his chances in front of goal.

Phil Foden had earlier on capitalized on an Alisson save which rebounded to him, before smashing it into the net but the goal was cancelled. This was after the referee after consulting the VAR, found that Haaland had fouled Fabinho in the build up. This action infuriated Guardiola who accused the referee of being inconsistent in his decisions.

For City, meanwhile, the defeat brings an end to their unbeaten start to the Premier League campaign and leaves them four points behind early leaders Arsenal, who beat Leeds 1-0 earlier on Sunday.

Tempers flared  in the closing stages, with the Liverpool manager dismissed after reacting furiously when the hosts were denied a free-kick for an apparent foul by Bernardo Silva on Salah, whose goal ended a five-game Premier League scoreless streak.