EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | Man City 3-2 Liverpool | CITY through after five-goal classic

So the Blues are back in action once again and after almost six weeks of domestic inactivity what a match on which to refocus after the Qatar World Cup. City's recent tussles with Liverpool have been monumental and tonight the prize is a place in the quarterfinal of a competition which has been won by these two clubs more than any other. But with 17 league cups between them this is a duel which should have been a fitting final perhaps as it is it is just one of these great sides who will make it to the quarterfinal stage of a competition that they both adore. And Haaland is already through on goal and he scooped a chip over the top of the goalkeeper over the top of the net but that is a positive sign Andy Morrison. Absolutely just a finish Now City are through here because Haaland will get to it he's not offside into the box he goes and City will score no! Oh it's an incredible miss by Cole Palmer. Oh he's just got his feet all wrong but his feet are wrong it's an unbelievable opportunity he just opens his foot up and he's just got his feet wrong. Gundogan now scampering into the final third he plays it out wide and the return goes to De Bruyne. De Bruyne in a crossing position Haaland scores! Brilliant start from City, brilliant finish from Haaland. De Bruyne to Haaland it's becoming a cliche because it's happening time and time again. Well we're going to watch it back I cannot tell you how good this movement is from Haaland. As a defender you want to be able to see you want to be able to feel your striker but his movement and his timing is incredible again this movement from Haaland is absolutely textbook. Matic now advancing into City territory has a couple of targets and in the box is Milner this is good by Liverpool and they've equalized brilliant goal wonderfully worked and put in by Carvalho and Liverpool weren't behind for long it's City 1 Liverpool 1 and you have to say that the tempo of this match you just anticipated it's with Akanji, Akanji under pressure plays the ball forward Mahrez helps it on De Bruyne is onto it now then City 2-1-1 can they finish? De Bruyne earned good save by Kelleher goes out for a corner great chance for Gundogan good save by Kelleher the great flick Mahrez puts in and then he's clear now Haaland makes two movements really which create the space for Gundogan and then as in the keeper called our great save what can we say Lewis now with a lot of Liverpool players coming towards him still finds De Bruyne, De Bruyne puts in the cross okay with a save brilliant ball from De Bruyne and Kelleher has keeping Liverpool in the tie we can't call it a brilliant ball because there's only like one man on the planet can play that ball to get the curvature on it and the pace on the ball absolutely perfection is incredible Matip advancing goes to the halfway line and lays it out to the right hand side and the ball scooped in by Gomez Nunez is onside he's through on goal can he get the shot in well he did but it was well off target City are looking for an offside flag that never came and Nunez has missed a really good opportunity to put Liverpool in front City have got the ball with Rodri in central midfield he plays it out wide to Mahrez, Mahrez he's on to it Mahrez hits it that is a magnificent goal three absolutely magnificent finish he took the ball down moved inside found a half a yard of space and bent it into the far corner he opened the scoring against Chelsea in round three he's given the City the lead in round four against Liverpool it's a fabulous finish and it's all about the first touch it's all about his move he takes it on the half volley with the outside of his foot and that just nullifies Robertson you then need to finish but it's the touch this touch is just a different level you can't defend against that one movement he's taken the ball inside Robertson the left fullback and guided it because so much of the goal was open to him and he bent it in that far corner and I guess Andy that's the reason why so often right footers play on the left and vice versa yeah I mean you know sometimes it's uh well I'll just pause you now because Nunez is on to a through ball Nunez through on goal Salah equalizes Liverpool are level within seconds it was a counter-attack Nunez darted down played it into the middle and Salah put it into the back of the net well the last two times these two sides played in the Premier League here they ended in 2-2 draws and both times Liverpool came from behind to do so and they've done it again they're probably not it's just down the side it's a great turn of pace and it's a touch unfortunate but it just falls there Salah just pulls in just checks his stride and Aki just keeps running and then he can't change direction and he just steers it and that's not as easy as it looks I know it's stately obvious but you still have to compose yourself and pass it into an empty net Palmer outside to De Bruyne, De Bruyne gets onto the ball it bounces off Gomez goes out for a city corner wide on the left hand side plays it short to Palmer, Palmer goes back to De Bruyne, De Bruyne looks up scoops in a ball, Aki! New City! Neymar restores City's lead! Fantastic be inventive be inventive on your corners and do things occasionally quick Liverpool don't get set they manage to get two on the ball and it's so simple it's a simple pass from De Bruyne you can receive the ball back and then just bends it into an area again we always talk about De Bruyne don't pick a player out put it into an area and make them find it and it's excellent super finish from Aki. Well it's funny there are some teams that players love to play against and Nathan Ake has got a fabulous scoring record against Liverpool he scored for Watford he scored for Bournemouth now he scored for City against them and City lead by three goals to two. Liverpool with the ball in the gap for Nunez who is on side he's got goal side he's one on one he's got oh he's missed it that is a hat trick of really good chances that Darwin Nunez has put wide and you have to say he should have taken at least one of them and maybe that was the biggest miss of or whatever tempo the World Cup was being played at I don't think it was the tempo of this game this game has been absolutely blistering 3-2 to City with 13 minutes to go Fabinho has committed a foul Rodri didn't like the challenge the two of them are squaring up Gundogan's pushed him over and there's five or six players trying to be peacemakers well Fabinho had a nibble Rodri didn't like it he got up seething and there'll be yellow cards brandished here there'll be a yellow card for Fabinho and there'll be a yellow card for Rodri and Rodri really is on the edge tonight you know I've seen it a couple of times in his eyes but he certainly reacted and I would feel as well as aggrieved because it's just the way he's gone in and just over top and then tried to antagonize Rodri at the same time but they both get yellow cards so David Koontz saying to Rodri you're being booked for your reaction and he's saying to Fabinho you're being booked for your challenge and Marius is on the ball tries to find Foden De Bruyne hits it it's blocked on the line by Fabinho took up a great position and then Foden hit a shot and Kelleher made the save and then Foden trips over the ball and it goes out for a goal kick two great efforts from City one block by Fabinho the other save by Kelleher great technique to this left foot from Kevin De Bruyne just sits in there and it doesn't matter what foot it's a great instinctive shot and then a great goal good goalkeeping and good defending