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Pep Guardiola's reaction to Mo Salah's goal has emerged and the Manchester City boss knew he'd scored before the ball had gone in.
Fresh from scoring the fastest ever Champions League hat-trick against Rangers in midweek, Liverpool star Salah notched the only goal of the game to inflict City's first defeat of the campaign.
It came in the 76th minute when Alisson Becker punted the ball up the pitch and Salah rolled last man Joao Cancelo, who got underneath the ball.
The Egyptian raced towards goal and coolly slotted past the onrushing Ederson.
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But from the moment Cancelo lost the duel, Guardiola sensed that danger was coming. Footage doing the rounds shows the Catalan sink to his knees with his head in his hands as Salah beared down on goal.
Guardiola's antics on the touchline were very similar to him putting his hands on his head when Vinicius Jr destroyed Fernandinho in the Champions League semi-final last season.
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Salah is an absolute killer in those situations and after the exquisite touch, he made no mistake one-on-one.
The former Chelsea and Roma star set off running before Alisson had even caught the ball and got his rewards.
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Cancelo took full responsibility for his costly error but Guardiola explained the situation which led to the goal, saying: "Alisson plays it out quick, Kevin didn’t follow, and Joao lost the duel - it is always so difficult against Salah with the way he uses his body.
"This is something we have to learn for future tight games against Liverpool, but the way we played, the performance and the courage we played with was fantastic.”
Guardiola produced another priceless reaction when Phil Foden's 53rd minute strike was disallowed. Anthony Taylor went over to the VAR screen and ruled that Erling Haaland had fouled Fabinho in the build-up.
A seething Guardiola riled up the home supporters, waving his arms out and apparently shouting "This is Anfield".
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He claims to have been hit by coins thrown by Liverpool fans, with Liverpool set to review CCTV footage and ban anyone found guilty.
Topics: Mohamed Salah, Pep Guardiola, Manchester City, Liverpool
Josh Lawless