Trent Alexander-Arnold sparked an ice-cold goal celebration after scoring for Liverpool against Manchester City (Image: Getty)

Trent Alexander-Arnold admitted he was delighted with the reaction of Manchester City fans to his ice-cold goal celebration during Liverpool’s draw with the Premier League champions.

Erling Haaland’s first-half goal, the result of poor goalkeeping and generous defending, appeared to have put City on course to a 24th consecutive home win in all competitions.

Pep Guardiola’s side missed a number of chances to extend their lead and were unlucky not to finish the match when Ruben Dias had a goal disallowed due to a foul by Manuel Akanji on Alisson Becker.

After being taken off the hook, Liverpool took advantage and secured a morale-boosting point when Alexander-Arnold marched forward, collected Mohamad Salah’s pass in one move and fired a low right-foot shot over Ederson in the next Area, from the edge of the ball. penalty area. .

The England international celebrated a crucial goal by standing in front of the home fans and making a silent gesture that enraged the fans gathered in front of him.

Trent Alexander-Arnold scored Liverpool’s equalizer against Manchester City (Photo: Reuters)

“I got the ball from Darwin,” Alexander-Arnold recalled. “I felt like there were bodies and I was trying to get them across the finish line. Luckily he found the bottom corner and we needed it. It was about crossing the line and getting to that point.

“It’s always fun to celebrate in front of the away fans because you see different faces and it’s fun.”

On the importance of ending City’s long winning streak on home soil despite Liverpool not being at their best, Alexander-Arnold added: “It’s definitely better than last year. Overall we don’t have that many good ones here achieved results.” It’s a point won. It wasn’t a great performance from us at all, but we’ll take the point. There were positives: we had chances to win the game.

“I don’t think we played particularly well. Their formation and the way they are set up really challenged us. At halftime we regrouped and came up with a little more game plan to put pressure on them. It is subconsciously difficult when you play against Man City; You can’t really get close to them or keep your distance from them.

“Maybe there was a plan to prevent me from getting the ball in midfield. I think Bernardo [Silva] was very close when I moved here. It was about getting the ball in different ways and getting ourselves on the field. We did that well, especially in the second half.”

“There have been many times when we played much better against Man City and lost the game. The point was something we needed and it creates the belief that a point means you are doing something well, even if we are not playing well.” .”