This was a tale of two Alisson errors. One presaged Erling Haaland’s opener, the other allowed Rúben Dias a tap-in before – wrongly to this observer – Chris Kavanagh adjudged Manuel Akanji to have illegally challenged Liverpool’s goalkeeper.
The referee chalked the goal off and Alisson escaped. How, who knows? VAR took a look and saw no clear and obvious error. Had the goal stood that would have been 2-0 to Manchester City after 67 minutes and in all likelihood victory and three precious points.
