The Athletic.

Two huge games in Europe this weekend.

Coming up later, we'll look back on an El Clasca victory for Real Madrid

that puts Barcelona Javi under a little bit of pressure.

First off, though, Liverpool beating Manchester City at Amfield.

Pep Guardiola suggesting afterwards that his side got a bit of a raw deal.

Is he right?

We'll find out.

I'm Mark Chapman.

This is the Athletic Football podcast.

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There is a way for Liverpool

Can he finish it this time?

Yes we done

Thank goodness he stayed on

So in the Premier League Liverpool They're thinking, thank goodness he stayed on.

So in the Premier League, Liverpool ended Manchester City's unbeaten run at Anfield.

Juergen Klopp was sent off.

Pep Guardiola furious at various times, but particularly with a disallowed goal.

The athletics, Olli Kay, and our city writer Sam Lee, who was there yesterday, are with us. It didn't have the goals maybe of previous encounters, Sam, but it was gripping. It was gripping, and I think it's because it felt like there were goals. There was the emotion of goals. You know, when Salah went through on goal the first time, half of Anfield, well, I think everyone in Anfield was stood up. Half of Anfield was celebrating, thinking it would go in, and it didn't. That felt dramatic. And then I think it was immediately from that. The city scored their goal that was disallowed. So it had that drama. It had the kind of end-to-end quality of a big game that we expect when these two teams play,

probably a bit more end-to-end than normal, actually.

And it did have those moments.

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