Manchester City hauled themselves back into the title race with a 2-1 win at the Etihad against Liverpool.
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Liverpool land Champions League knockout blow against Manchester City
MAN CITY 1, LIVERPOOL 2
(Liverpool won 5-1 on aggregate)
AFTER breezing through the 2017/18 campaign for more than eight months, Manchester City and Pep Guardiola have suddenly been found lacking at the business end of the season.
Three defeats in a disastrous seven days – twice to Liverpool in the quarter finals of the Champions League and also in the Manchester derby – have exposed chinks in the armour of Guardiola who had until now done little wrong.
Back-to-form Marcus Rashford is Manchester United hero in win against arch-rivals Liverpool
MAN UTD 2, LIVERPOOL 1
Marcus Rashford’s double sent Manchester United five points clear of Liverpool in second place in the Premier League.
The Reds’ striker, starting his first league game since Boxing Day, certainly enhanced his claims for a regular starting spot.
Rashford’s 11th and 12th goals of the season helped United triumph in the 200th competitive meeting between these arch rivals.
And it proved an absorbing contest and far removed to the four previous meetings that all ended in deadlock.