After Liverpool maintained its record without any defeat at home for nearly 4 years, it suffered three severe defeats in just 17 days, the most recent of which was Sunday 1-4 against leaders Manchester City in the 23rd round of the English Premier League.
Liverpool suffered its first loss in the English Premier League in its stronghold (Anfield) against Burnley 0-1 about two weeks ago, followed by a defeat by the same score against Brighton, after it had been since April 23, 2017, when it lost 1-2 against Crystal Palace, maintaining an empty record Defeats at home.
Manchester City's quadruple Ilkay Gwendogan scored (two goals) in the 49th and 73rd minutes, Raheem Sterling (76) and Phil Foden (83), while Liverpool's only goal, Mohamed Salah, scored from a penalty kick in the 63rd minute.
Salah raised his score to 16 goals to cement his lead in the Premier League scorer list, three goals ahead of Everton's Dominic Calvert Lewin, who is second in the scoring charts.
Salah also became his first goal for Liverpool at Anfield in 2021.
Manchester City raised its score to 50 points alone at the top of the standings, 5 points behind Manchester United, second-placed, while Liverpool's score stopped at 40 points in fourth place.