Register a comeback victory in penalties over Manchester City
Forward Raheem Sterling (31) of Liverpool FC shoots and scores a second half goal (Photo: AP)
New York: Liverpool rallied twice against Manchester City and triumphed 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out Wednesday after their pre-season friendly at baseball’s Yankee Stadium ended 2-2 after regular time.Stevan Jovetic scored twice for Manchester City, but Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling answered for Liverpool in the clash between previous season’s top two teams in the English Premier League.
Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool dominated in the shootout, with two saves from Simon Mignolet. Montenegro’s Jovetic opened the scoring in the 53rd minute after a defensive miscue from Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard. Jesus Navas had fired a cross from the right and Gerrard was unable to block it. The ball trickled through his legs and Jovetic pounced to fire it home.
Henderson equalized six minutes later with a fine finish after solid work from Sterling and Daniel Sturridge. But Jovetic restored the Premier League champions’ lead in the 67th.
It was the second match in a row that Jovetic scored two for the Premier League champions. He netted a brace in Sunday’s 5-1 friendly triumph over Italy’s AC Milan in Pittsburgh.
England international Sterling knotted the score at 2-2 in the 85th with a well-taken strike and had a goal disallowed in injury time for offside.
After a lively performance throughout, Manchester City were lackluster in the shoot-out, with Aleksandar Kolarov, Yaya Toure and Navas all failing to convert from the spot.
The match drew a crowd of 49,653 to Yankee Stadium. Manchester City are the majority owners, along with storied Major League Baseball franchise the Yankees, of Major League Soccer expansion club New York City Football Club, which is slated to begin play in 2015 at the baseball ground in the Bronx.
( Source : AFP )
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