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Jurgen Klopp said his new-look Liverpool team passed a test as they got a draw at the Etihad Stadium to end Manchester City\u2019s 100 percent winning record at home in 2023.<\/p>\n
City had won 23 consecutive matches on their own turf, including a 4-1 thrashing of Liverpool in April, until Trent Alexander-Arnold\u2019s equaliser got Liverpool a point.<\/p>\n
And it means that Liverpool have still only lost one league game this season, when they were reduced to nine men at Tottenham, and got a point in what Klopp believes is the toughest game in world football and at a venue where they have not won in the Premier League since 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we passed a test, I am not sure if it was the <\/em>test,\u201d he said. \u201cLast year we had a team that played long together and we got completely under the wheels here and had no chance. Today we had a chance. I am not silly: if you ask who was more likely to win the game it was City, obviously. We don\u2019t check if we are as good as City.<\/p>\n \u201cBut if we had played really well, we could have won. This is a really tough place to come and it is a not a coincidence they have won I don\u2019t know how many in a row at home. They are a super team. We\u2019re still in a process. If we\u2019d played really well today, we could have won \u2013 we didn\u2019t. I told the boys at half-time, imagine what it would be like if we were playing well.\u201d<\/p>\n Klopp was delighted with the performance of Alexander-Arnold, who had to be on his guard against the quick City winger Jeremy Doku,<\/p>\n \u201cHe played a really good game,\u201d he said. \u201cWith the position we changed him [at half-time] and made more clear where he has to be and still his moments with Doku. You could see how difficult it is against him: he is a really good dribbler.\u201d<\/p>\n Klopp stepped in at the final whistle to break up an altercation between Guardiola and Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez. The German, who was sent off against Liverpool last season, joked it was uncharacteristic that he was not involved and admitted he was not sure what two Spanish speakers were discussing.<\/p>\n \u201cEmotions,\u201d he explained. \u201cI am not sure I am the one to explain it. I am not involved, surprisingly! I love them both so I just tried to calm it down, without understanding a word. Pep wants to win, we want to win.\u201d<\/p>\n The concern for Klopp was that Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker could be sidelined after seeming to pick up a muscle injury while Diogo Jota, who was substituted, will also be monitored.<\/p>\n \u201cThe shadow on this game is that Ali felt something and Diogo felt something,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is something we have to assess.\u201d<\/p>\n Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said the officials were right to disallow a goal from Ruben Dias that would have put City 2-0 up, explaining: \u201cIt\u2019s a foul. There is not much to say about it. It\u2019s pretty clear you can\u2019t foul the goalkeeper and that\u2019s what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/11\/25\/18\/SEI181555768.jpg\")
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