#4 Missed sitters prevent advantage in top 4 race
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As the match wore on, both teams had one clear-cut chance each to score and possibly seal a massive three points against a direct rival for a top four spot. First, it was Liverpool’s Adam Lallana who scuffed a simple tap-in at the end of a superb counter from Jurgen Klopp’s side after Roberto Firmino set him up. Guardiola replaced Sane with Fernando to gain a hold on Liverpool’s counter-attacks and to prevent his side from losing.
City created another chance with De Bruyne finding form in the later stages of the game. It fell to the one man Guardiola would have wanted it to fall to in Sergio Aguero and all that was needed was for the Argentine to shoot on target. However, he smashed it over the bar from close range in what was an astonishing miss and eventually both teams settled for a draw.
In the process, James Milner crossed Darius Vassell’s 46-match unbeaten record where the latter has never lost a game in which he scored. Milner’s goal and the draw took his tally to 37 wins and 10 draws in 47 games, thereby creating a new record.
The result meant that City sit in third place, one point ahead of Liverpool, with a game in hand on the Merseyside club, while Tottenham are two points ahead of City with a game in hand as well. Manchester United are four points behind Liverpool but the Red Devils have two games in hand making the fight for top four a very interesting one.
