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Erling Haaland says Manchester City’s dramatic 2-1 win at Liverpool on Sunday meant more than just the points and represented a statement from the club in terms of the Premier League title race.

City had won only once at Anfield under Pep Guardiola – during the 2020-21 fan-free Covid season – and went there on a run of one victory in six in the league which had allowed Arsenal to pull clear at the top.

City were nine points behind in second place at kick-off and their hopes looked set to evaporate as they trailed to Dominic Szoboszlai’s sensational 74th-minute free-kick. But Bernardo Silva got City back into it with six minutes of normal time to play before Haaland scored what proved to be the winner from the penalty spot in the third minute of stoppage time.