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szdaily -> Sports
Henderson, Coutinho hit Man City’s title bid
     2015-March-3  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    

SPECTACULAR long-range strikes by midfielders Jordan Henderson and Philippe Coutinho earned Liverpool a 2-1 victory over Manchester City on Sunday that seriously compromised the Premier League champions’ title defense.

    After Henderson’s fine 11th-minute opener had been cancelled out by Edin Dzeko at Anfield, Coutinho curled home in sumptuous fashion from 25 meters to enhance Liverpool’s hopes of Champions League qualification.

    City now lies five points behind leader Chelsea, which has a game in hand due to their involvement in the League Cup final, and manager Manuel Pellegrini admitted that the odds were against his side retaining their title.

    “It was a close game, but Liverpool won because they scored two beautiful goals,” he said.

    “It is three points less with one game less. Of course it is difficult to reach the top of the table if you lose three points.

    “But we must keep going and try to return to our normal performance and see where it takes us.”

    Both teams had gone into the game on the back of European disappointments, but whereas City’s display suggested its 2-1 Champions League loss to Barcelona had not been fully digested, Liverpool showed no ill-effects from its penalty shootout defeat at Besiktas in the Europa League.

    Liverpool only returned from Istanbul in the early hours of Friday morning and manager Brendan Rodgers said their performance against City was testament to the dedication of his players.

    “I have to take my hat off to the players,” said the Northern Irishman, whose side is on an 11-game unbeaten streak in the league.

    “To get back at half four in the early hours of Friday morning — by the time they got to bed it was six, and they had to sleep all of Friday.

    “We then did some light work yesterday (Saturday), but to come out and play like they did, they were relentless.”

    Rodgers added: “They restricted a top team to just one shot on target and deserve all the praise they will get.”

    The victory took Liverpool up to fifth place, two points behind Manchester United.

    (SD-Agencies)

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