{"id":11340,"date":"2023-11-25T23:06:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T20:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/11340\/liverpool-passed-a-test-against\/"},"modified":"2023-11-25T23:06:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T20:06:50","slug":"liverpool-passed-a-test-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=11340","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool &#8216;passed a test&#8217; against Man City &#8211; Jurgen Klopp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool &#8216;passed a test&#8217; against Man City &#8211; Jurgen Klopp\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Rob Dawson, correspondent<span class=\"timestamp \">November 25, 2023, 3:53 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool &#8220;had a test&#8221; during their 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold scored a second-half equalizer to cancel out Erling Haaland&#8217;s 50th Premier League goal as Liverpool ended City&#8217;s 23-game winning run at the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Klopp admitted he was happier with a point than Pep Guardiola and said his side had proven their character in an early title test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us I think it passed a test, I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s the test,\u201d Klopp said.  \u201cIn a job where no one has time, it\u2019s really difficult to ask for it and use it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year we had a team that played together for a long time and we completely got under the wheels here [in a 4-1 defeat] and I had no chance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today we had a chance. I&#8217;m not stupid, if you ask who was more likely to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> the game, it was obviously City. We want to be ready to give them a real game and that&#8217;s what we have done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Liverpool halted Manchester City&#8217;s 23-game winning streak at the Etihad. <cite>Shaun Botterill\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>City, meanwhile, had to complain about referee Chris Kavanagh&#8217;s decision to rule out a R\u00faben Dias goal with the score at 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>Dias scored from a yard out after Alisson dropped a cross, but Manuel Akanji was adjudged to have fouled the Liverpool keeper.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, Guardiola said he had not seen a response to the incident, but had referred to Newcastle&#8217;s winner against Arsenal earlier this month, scored by Anthony Gordon despite protests from Arsenal that Joelinton had pushed Gabriel in the back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013 Ogden: <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/man\/\"   title=\"Man\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Man<\/a> City-Liverpool draw points to tight title race on the horizon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn&#8217;t watch it but I had five flash interviews and they all asked me the same question, so maybe you watched it better than me,\u201d Guardiola said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the Newcastle-Arsenal game, I don&#8217;t know. I didn&#8217;t watch it. I&#8217;m incredibly happy with the performance because in seven years we know exactly how tough they are and how good they are. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola appeared to be involved in an argument with Darwin N\u00fa\u00f1ez at the final whistle.  He had to be sent off by Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders while Klopp held off Nunez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust emotions,\u201d Klopp said.  \u201cI\u2019m not sure I can explain it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not involved, surprisingly. I love them both so I just tried to calm things down, without understanding a word. Pep wants to win, we want to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool &#8216;passed a test&#8217; against Man City &#8211; Jurgen Klopp\u060c Rob Dawson, correspondentNovember 25, 2023, 3:53 p.m. Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool &#8220;had a test&#8221; during their 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Saturday. 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