Reds, City Serve Up A Classic For The Ages

Giants confirm that they are the teams to beat in the EPL title race

- Neil Humphreys

LIVERPOOL 2 (Sadio Mane 59, Mohamed Salah 76)

MAN CITY 2 (Phil Foden 69, Kevin de Bruyne 81)

Liverpool and Manchester City should not have put on a second half like that. The first half was a damp squib, a tepid anti-climax.

No other teams could have put on a dramatic finale like that, with four goals in 20 minutes to confirm a breathtaking 2-2 draw at Anfield and reiterate that these two remain the teams to beat.

Kevin de Bruyne should not have scored an equaliser like that. With the clock showing 81 minutes, he collected the ball just outside the box. He had no gap, no time and no real target to aim at.

But he curled a left-footed effort into the far corner, via a deflection, for a tremendous finish that wasn’t even the best goal in the last five minutes.

Mohamed Salah walked off with that accolade. He should not have scored a goal like that in the 76th minute. No one should have scored a goal like that.

Salah’s goal was ridiculous, preposterous and otherworldly. His goal came with too many obstacles, defenders, body twists, touches and feints. His goal required a sublime finish with too many tackles flying in.

His goal could not have been scored by anyone, except Salah.