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Liverpool Fans Disregard Science After Goal Line Technology Controversy in Man City Loss

Defending champions Manchester City ran out 2-1 winners over league-leaders Liverpool on Thursday night, but not before a few scary moments.

With the match delicately poised at 0-0, a mix-up at the back lead to Ederson ricocheting a John Stones clearance back towards their own goal-line, only for the Englishman to recover and clear the ball before it crossed the whitewash.

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Manchester City somehow escaped scoring a calamitous own goal as John Stones made a sensational goal-line recovery against Liverpool.

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However, in typical football fan fashion, Liverpool supporters have taken to Twitter to express their upset at the decision, after finding an image that displays the ball's shadow clearly past the line.