Hughes reveals City frustration

Liverpool 2, Manchester City 2

Mark Hughes insisted his Manchester City side felt a deep frustration that they were unable to hang on to a winning position against Liverpool.

The Premier League’s latest pretenders to a top four position had to settle for a 2–2 draw, having forced their way back into the match to take the lead.

Martin Skrtel had given Liverpool the lead, only for Emmanuel Adebayor and Stephen Ireland to put City ahead. But within seconds of Ireland’s goal, Yossi Benayoun grabbed Liverpool’s equaliser.

City boss Hughes felt his side deserved more and said: “We restricted Liverpool to a very few opportunities but the ones they did have, they scored from.

“But we restricted their influential players from having an impact on the game.”