Premier league
Liverpool spark Anfield party to join Spurs at top of Premier League
Jurgen Klopp's men had not had the chance to play in front of their supporters since they ended their 30-year wait to be crowned English champions but made up...
Clubs began making the symbolic gesture before kick-off when football resumed after the coronavirus hiatus last season, and it has continued into the current campaign.
Matches at the end of last season in the English top-flight and the beginning of the new campaign have been played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus crisis.
The 53-year-old German beat Chelsea's Frank Lampard, Leicester City's Brendan Rodgers, who Klopp replaced at Liverpool in 2015, and Sheffield United's Chris Wilder.
Liverpool are 25 points clear at the top with nine games left to play in the Premier League, which has been on hold since 9 March as the novel coronavirus spread across the globe.
The loss in revenue has forced some clubs to furlough their employees while others have agreed wage cuts with their players.
Premier League chiefs hope to restart the season in June and teams are reportedly expecting full training to resume in mid-May.
English football has been halted since mid-March in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 and clubs at all levels are feeling the pinch.
English soccer was suspended until April 30 and governing bodies said the current season could be extended indefinitely.
Juergen Klopp’s side now needs 12 points from 11 games to make sure of their first league title in 30 years.
It looked like being a frustrating day for second-placed City when Kasper Schmeichel saved Sergio Aguero’s spot-kick just past the hour but Jesus spared his blushes late on.
For all the question marks over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his side, United head into the New Year battling for a top-four place thanks in part to rivals’ inconsistency but also due to the emergence of Martial and Rashford as real attacking threats.
Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of moving into the top four stalled in a 2-2 draw at bottom club Norwich City, while Manchester United moved within a point of the Champions League places after a 2-0 win at Burnley.
Guardiola's side recovered from Ederson's 12th-minute dismissal to take control thanks to Raheem Sterling's double either side of half-time.
Spurs turned to Mourinho after dismissing Mauricio Pochettino last month, while Arsenal and Watford have subsequently sacked Unai Emery and Quique Sanchez Flores.
With their Premier League lead having been cut to three points on Saturday by Manchester City, there were a few worried looks on the Kop when Tottenham’s Harry Kane opened the scoring inside a minute at Anfield.
Behind the top two, there is a five-way tie between those likely to be fighting for the final two Champions League places this season with Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal and Leicester all on eight points from the opening five games.
The Premier League club could have faced a transfer ban, but the disciplinary committee of world football's governing body instead imposed a fine of 370,000 Swiss Francs.
City will be confident of a fruitful start after scoring four times in each of their last three visits to the London Stadium, but face a tougher clash when Champions League finalists Tottenham Hotspur visit the Etihad on the second weekend of the season.