By Reinaldo Oliveros
02 Nov 2024, 1:45 PM EDT
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City fell 2-1 against Bournemouth, a defeat that Liverpool took advantage of to take the lead. The Reds beat Brighton 2-1 and are the new leaders of the Premier League.
At Anfield, Liverpool beat Brighton 2-1, in a match that had the visitors as the initial protagonists. Brightonone of the most consistent teams in the tournament, managed to open the scoring, an advantage they maintained until the second half.
First Cody Gakpo tied the shares and Mohamed Salah, who is having a great season, He scored a great goal to give his team the victory. With this, Liverpool reaches 25 points, two more than Manchester City.
Manchester City falls and loses unbeaten streak
Meanwhile, Manchester City was surprised by Bournemouth, a team that beat them 2-1 in a true tactical lesson by Spanish coach Andoni Iraola.
With a defensive and counterattacking approach, Bournemouth knew how to contain City’s intensity and created key opportunities.
Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring after a great play down the wing, leaving City in an unfavorable position.
Milos Kerkez got rid of Phil Foden on the left side and reached the baseline to place the ball on the penalty spot. Semenyo appeared there, and on the turn he opened the scoring for Bournemouth.
City seemed to throw in the towel definitively with half an hour remaining; and the agitator was once again Kerkez, who added another assist after another attack on the left side that ended with a cross to the heart finished off into the net by Evanilson.
Guardiola tried to reverse the score in the final minutes, managing to close the gap thanks to a header from Josko Gvardiol, but the efforts were insufficient.
In the final minutes, Erling Haaland had a chance to equalize, but the goalkeeper’s solid performance Travers and a shot against the post frustrated the Norwegian, thus sealing Bournemouth’s victory.
City falls to second place with 23 points and breaks a streak of 32 games without losing in the Premier League and the second defeat of the week after losing to Tottenham.
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