It felt like a trick of the eye. Kevin De Bruyne had aimed his 42nd-minute penalty for the bottom corner and, with Alisson having moved the wrong way, everybody inside the stadium waited for the net to bulge. And then the ball kept going, past the post before banging into the advertising boards.
De Bruyne had taken this game by the scruff of the neck, helping to get Manchester City back on level terms after Liverpool’s fast start, driving his team with trademark craft and energy. He does not take many penalties but when he does, he tends to score them. Only once previously had he missed.
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