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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24090135" data-attributes="member: 158020">Manchester City 2 Liverpool 1: Sane  ends Reds' unbeaten run to breathe life into title race   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/01/03/21/8103858-6555455-image-a-79_1546551665022.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Leroy Sane's 72nd-minute strike proved decisive as Manchester City  reinvigorated their title defence and ended Liverpool's unbeaten Premier League  run with a crucial 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium.   Roberto Firmino looked to have sealed a potentially vital point for leaders  Liverpool in the title race when he equalised just past the hour, but Sane  struck soon after, confirming the Reds' first league defeat of the season in  their 21st game and moving City to second and within four points of the  summit.    Liverpool were mightily unlucky not to take an early lead when a defensive  mix-up between John Stones and Ederson followed Sadio Mane hitting the post, but  they survived and finished the first half well – Sergio Aguero netting in  ruthless fashion.   Firmino restored parity in the 64th minute and City initially looked rattled,  as if they could see the Premier League trophy moving out of sight, until Sane  found the bottom-right corner to breathe life into their challenge once  again.   A lively City start faded and they had a lucky escape in the 17th minute.  Mohamed Salah released Mane into the box and the Senegal forward hit the post  before Stones blasted his clearance against Ederson and hastily scrambled to  clear off the line.   Vincent Kompany was fortunate to avoid being sent off for a wild lunge on  Salah 14 minutes later and City capitalised on that let-off just before the  break.Bernardo Silva played a low cross from the left towards the near post,  where Aguero nipped in front of Dejan Lovren and emphatically smashed past  Alisson from a seemingly impossible angle.   Liverpool hit back 26 minutes from time, however, as Andrew Robertson latched  on to a lofted pass and played a volleyed cross for Firmino to bury with a  stooping header.But City were not done.They caught Liverpool on the break and  Sane found the net via the right post after being played into the box by Raheem  Sterling.   A Liverpool onslaught followed, with Ederson tipping a Salah effort wide,  before Bernardo Silva and Sterling missed glorious chances to finish the Reds  off – luckily for them, no fightback came and the champions held on.</blockquote>

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