Guardiola’s so happy to share

Man City 1 Liverpool 1

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola hailed his side’s 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Etihad Stadium as “one of the happiest days” of his managerial career.

In an enthralling encounter, both sides threw caution to the wind to attack rather than defend and despite gilt- edge chances for Raheem Sterling and David Silva for the hosts, the match remained goalless at the break.

The deadlock was broken six minutes after the restart when Liverpool’s James Milner scored from the penalty spot following Gael Clichy’s clumsy challenge on Sadio Mane.

But Sergio Aguero denied Liverpool all three points when he swept in Kevin De Bruyne’s inviting cross to level on 69 minutes before Adam Lallana and Aguero missed glorious chances at opposite ends to steal victory.

Guardiola said: “You cannot imagine. This is one of the happiest days of my career as a manager.

“After our defeat in the Champions League, for two days we were so, so sad.

“We arrive here against Liverpool and how we fight and how we run and how we showed spirit.”

Counterpart Jurgen Klopp was disappointed to see his Liverpool side come away with only a draw and will need time to accept it is a vital point in the fight for a top-four finish.

He said: “If I was tomake an assessment then Iwould say ‘if you took a point at Manchester City then that would be OK’.

“It is a point and that’s good.”