Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis shared a pulsating 1-1 draw of their title showdown to go away Arsenal on prime of the Premier League.
Metropolis took the lead by way of John Stones’ first-half strike, however Alexis Mac Allister equalised with a penalty quickly after the interval at Anfield.
The end result was precisely what Arsenal needed because the Gunners retained first place, a place they earned when Kai Havertz’s late header clinched a dramatic 2-1 win towards Brentford on Saturday.
Arsenal are above second-placed Liverpool on purpose distinction, with a +7 benefit, whereas champions Metropolis are one level adrift of the highest two, with all three groups having 10 video games left.
In a title race for the ages, Arsenal will journey to Metropolis for a doubtlessly decisive conflict in each side’ subsequent league sport on March 31.
Metropolis had drawn first blood at Anfield with a intelligent set-piece routine within the twenty third minute.
Kevin De Bruyne hit a low nook that Stones met on the close to submit with a close-range end.
Liverpool levelled within the fiftieth minute when Metropolis defender Nathan Ake performed a suicidal back-pass that was intercepted by Darwin Nunez.
Metropolis keeper Ederson rushed off his line in a determined bid to avert the hazard however solely succeeded in catching Nunez with a reckless lunge.
Mac Allister calmly stroked the spot-kick previous Ederson and in a frantic finale, Metropolis’s Jeremy Doku hit the submit after which escaped one other penalty enchantment for his excessive problem on Liverpool’s goalscorer.
An already seismic showdown was given additional significance by Jurgen Klopp’s final top-flight assembly with Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola after his bombshell announcement that he’ll give up Liverpool on the finish of this season.
After jousting for supremacy all through their reigns, it was becoming that Klopp held Guardiola in a heat embrace on the remaining whistle of a conflict that leaves the future of the title nonetheless within the stability.
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