Football: Balotelli sour such as City held
STORY HIGHLIGHTSManchester City held 1-1 by the side of Liverpool inwards the English foremost LeagueCity striker Mario Balotelli sent sour postponed inwards the be with halfDraw leaves City five points patent of Manchester United by the side of topBayern Munich suffer shock defeat inwards Bundesliga to Mainz 10-man Manchester City were held to a 1-1 tie by Liverpool by the side of Anfield Sunday but take a five-point go in front the top of the English foremost League.City were affected to games the final moments a chap to the point once following semi switch Mario Balotelli was revealed red meant for a following bookable offence.It virtually proved costly so Liverpools minute replacement Andy Carroll axiom his description brilliantly saved by City zoo keeper Joe Hart.It preserved his sides triumphant start to the EPL season and they encompass 35 points from 13 games, leaving city rivals and defending champions Manchester United trailing into moment tad.Tottenham Hotspur, who won 3-1 next to WBA Saturday, are seven points lost but give birth to played a game excluding.Wales supervisor Gary velocity found insensitive by homeVincent Kompany headed the leaders clothed in front from a David Silva corner clothed in the primary partly, but Liverpool were soon level having the status of a Charlie Adam shot took a vast deflection inedible Joleon Lescott instead of an own-goal to facilitate absent Hart wrong-footed.