Manchester City fight back twice to hold Liverpool

LIVERPOOL, October 3

Manchester City came from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw with Liverpool in a pulsating EPL encounter. After struggling in the first half, Liverpool took the lead in the 59th minute when Mohamed Salah threaded the ball through to Sadio Mane who confidently fired past goalkeeper Ederson.

But City were on level terms 10 minutes later when Gabriel Jesus cut in from the right, leaving four Liverpool defenders behind before finding Phil Foden who drilled the ball into the far, bottom corner. Salah then restored Liverpool’s lead with a stunning individual goal, twisting and turning to lose Joao Cancelo and Aymeric Laporte before firing home. Once again, though, City responded — Foden again finding space on the left and pulling the ball back to Kevin De Bruyne whose curling shot took a slight deflection off Joel Matip and beat keeper Alisson.

Paris slump to first loss

Paris: Paris SG suffered their first defeat of the season when they were beaten 2-0 by Rennes to drop their first Ligue 1 points of the season.

Real stunned by Espanyol

Barcelona: Real Madrid’s stuttering form continued when they were stunned 2-1 away at Espanyol in LaLiga.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side are now without a win in three games in all competitions. On Saturday, Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0. — Agencies