When the story comes to be told of the 2018-19 season it will be an oddity that the first heavyweight contest between the two sides who are widely assumed to have the outstanding players is fit really only for a place in the small print. Did Liverpool versus Manchester City really just finish nil-nil? Not many people would have anticipated such an outcome and, for Riyad Mahrez, a strangely subdued game will be remembered as a personal ordeal.
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Written by Daniel Taylor at Anfield
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/07/liverpool-manchester-city-premier-league-match-report under the title “Mahrez penalty miss leaves Liverpool and Manchester City at impasse”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
