{"id":508181,"date":"2026-02-08T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=508181"},"modified":"2026-02-08T14:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:43:51","slug":"man-city-with-dramatic-2-1-comeback-triumph-vs-liverpool-at-anfield","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/man-city-with-dramatic-2-1-comeback-triumph-vs-liverpool-at-anfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City with dramatic 2-1 comeback triumph vs. Liverpool at Anfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City are still in the fight for the title after an emotional 2-1 comeback win against Liverpool at Anfield, as all of the goals in the match were scored in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> half. The Sky Blues are back, only 6 points behind the leader Arsenal, while the Reds are 6th, 4 points behind 5<sup>th<\/sup> Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>The 1<sup>st<\/sup> goal in the match came in the 74<sup>th<\/sup> minute after another phenomenal goal by Dominik Szoboszlai from a free kick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HUGE.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 1-2 \ud83e\ude75 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@okx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FQNpjagMPS\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/FQNpjagMPS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/2020566773188218962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, the Citizens were able to make the fans at Anfield sad despite the limited time until the end of the clash.<\/p>\n<p>Bernardo Silva tied the result after a great assist by Erling Haaland in the 84th minute, and it seemed like the 2 teams would share the point.<\/p>\n<p>That was not the case, as the most dramatic moment came in the extra time of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> half. Pep Guardiola\u2019s side was awarded a penalty for Alisson\u2019s foul, and Erling Haaland converted it to complete the comeback for his team in the 93<sup>rd<\/sup> minute.<\/p>\n<p>In the 100<sup>th<\/sup> minute, Man City scored even once more as Alisson was not on his net, but the goal was disallowed because Dominik Szoboszlai had made a foul earlier, as he was sent off, and Liverpool finished the final seconds of the clash with 10 men on the pitch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dramatic ending at Anfield in stoppage time as Alisson collided with Nunes, and Manchester City\u2019s Erling Haaland stepped up to convert from the spot! \ud83d\ude33 <\/p>\n<p>Manchester City come off with three big points! \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XnRTomwl9w\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/XnRTomwl9w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/2020567124146598061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City are still in the fight for the title after an emotional 2-1 comeback win against Liverpool at Anfield, as all of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":508182,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16722,17183],"news_category":[136,14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[17887,18121],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"The Sky Blues with a phenomenal second-half comeback victory.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/508181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/508181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508183,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/508181\/revisions\/508183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508181"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=508181"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=508181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}