'It's a bit dull'published at 17:18 British Summer Time 7 October 2018
Liverpool 0-0 Man City
John Murray
BBC Radio 5 live commentator
It's a bit dull, I haven't made a single note.
The page is blank on that first half.
Summary
Mahrez blazes late penalty over after Van Dijk foul on Sane
No shot on target in game until 62nd minute
Man City top - tied on 20 points with Chelsea & Liverpool
Chelsea go top temporarily after 3-0 win at Southampton
Barkley scores one and sets up another, Morata also on target
Arsenal beat Fulham 5-1 for ninth straight win
'It's a bit dull'published at 17:18 British Summer Time 7 October 2018
HALF-TIMEpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 7 October 2018
Liverpool 0-0 Man City
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Liverpool 0-0 Man City
I can only hope that there are not too many international football tourists who have spent a moderate fortune to come to England to watch this game in the flesh.
It's been dreadful.
Image source, Reuters'Neither side have the answer'published at 17:17 British Summer Time 7 October 2018
Liverpool 0-0 Man City
Dion Dublin
Ex-Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 LiveBoth teams must have done so much work on defending.
Both are allowing each other to have the ball and saying 'can you break us down'?
And neither side have the answer so far.
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Liverpool 0-0 Man City
Bernardo Silva jags through a gap in midfield and Jordan Henderson just moves over to block him off. He's lucky not to be booked.
Chance for a chance before the break here? Riyad Mahrez stands over the free-kick.
No.
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Liverpool 0-0 Man City
Potentially the biggest cheer of the day as Raheem Sterling fails to control a routine pass and the ball rolls out of play.
Postpublished at 40 mins
Liverpool 0-0 Man City
The last time City failed to have a single shot in the first half of a Premier League game came back in April 2010 against Arsenal.
They have five minutes...
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Si Christopher Crescent: Liverpool; the players, the fans, Klopp, they all do really love Milner don't they?! A veritable standing ovation.
Jeff Wah: Pep is right - you can’t play boring football at Anfield. But it appears that playing tedious football is fine! Zzzzzzz
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Liverpool 0-0 Man City
That's more like it. City work patiently, finding Raheem Sterling inside the area, his quick feet see him past Dejan Lovren and he finds David Silva just inside. He squeezes off a quick shot but it's well blocked behind.
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Dion what you doing on here?! There's a job waiting for you in Birmingham.
Anonymous Villa fan
Two-bed semi in need of cosmetic work? Potential to put a third bedroom in the attic? Lovely.
'Game needs edge'published at 17:07 British Summer Time 7 October 2018
Liverpool 0-0 Man City
Dion Dublin
Ex-Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 LiveA little bit of pushing and shoving but that's the edge to the game we haven't seen yet.
It's been a bit 'you have it, we have it' - this game needs an edge to it.
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Liverpool 0-0 Man City
What happens when (arguably) the two best sides in the country face up against each other?
Absolutely nothing so far. We've had one shot, a 25-yard pea-roller from Mo Salah in the third minute.
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Liverpool 0-0 Man City
Super sliding tackle from Aymeric Laporte to take the ball form Mo Salah, before Roberto Firmino is pinged for a shoulder barge as he tried to win the ball back. He can't believe it.
Even David Silva can't produce the goods, punting a long ball forwards but it's easily intercepted by Virgil van Dijk.
Fernandinho catches Sadio Mane and the two square up. An undercurrent is building...
Image source, Reutersget involved Get Involvedpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 7 October 2018
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Figjam: Not saying it’s been a while since City won at Anfield but since they last did I’ve moved to Australia, got married, built a house, had two kids, had half a dozen different jobs, started a business, and moved back to the UK again... practically a generation!!
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Liverpool 0-0 Man City
Right then, let's have some action please. None of this 'chess match' chat.
Raheem Sterling beats one man and looks for Benjamin Mendy on the overlap but even he's not that fast.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 29 mins
Liverpool 0-0 Man City
Yep, James Milner's game is done. A smiling Jurgen Klopp gives him a big hug as he trudges off and on comes Naby Keita.
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Liverpool 0-0 Man City
James Milner has been brilliant this season. This would be a blow for Liverpool.
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Liverpool 0-0 Man City
James Milner is down and needs some treatment. He went down off the ball which is always a worry. Naby Keita is stripping off.
'City want to create something special'published at 16:58 British Summer Time 7 October 2018
Liverpool 0-0 Man City
Dion Dublin
Ex-Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 LiveCity get themselves into some great crossing positions but don't want to take the risk of just throwing a ball into the box.
They want to wait and create something special.
Rate the playerspublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 7 October 2018
Liverpool 0-0 Man City
After a frantic start the intensity has just dipped a little. So that gives us a good chance to tell you you can rate the players out of 10 here at any point between now and 30 minutes after the final whistle.
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