History is against them. Man City has not won at Anfield for over 20 years when conceding first

In the marquee match of the 13th round of the English Premier League, Liverpool hosted Manchester City at Anfield.

The Citizens approached this game in terrible form and have been struggling with victories for quite some time. The start of the match didn’t bode well for them either. Liverpool took control from the very first minutes and, quite logically, opened the scoring.

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Alexander-Arnold played a brilliant pass to the right flank, finding Salah, who cut inside and delivered a great cross along the goal line. At the far post, Cody Gakpo simply had to tap the ball in.

Interestingly, Manchester City has not won at Anfield in Premier League matches since 2003 when conceding first. Additionally, Liverpool has won 86 of the 95 previous matches at home when they opened the scoring, with 9 matches ending in a draw.