Liverpool sealed a comfortable 2-0 win with the combination of Salah and Szoboszlai to retain their lead for the top position pushing City to struggle for making a place in the top 4.
Liverpool Beat Manchester City To Extend The Bad Phase Of Pep Guardiola In The Week After Real Madrid Knocked Them Out Of The Champions League
Winning the match would have given a chance for Pep Guardiola to acquire third position reducing the point gap with Arsenal and Liverpool but now Manchester City has to settle down in fourth position until the next match against Tottenham this week which might not be an easy task for the team.
Defensive Vulnerability Is The Core Reason for City’s Downfall
City made a similar mistake against Liverpool like the Champions League match against Real Madrid by giving so much space in order to keep the defense line narrow, same situation created big chances for the Reds who grabbed the opportunity to score two goals.
Manchester City had greater position, number of shots, and number of shots on target but the on-point counter of the Merseyside team turned out to be deadly for them. Salah opened the score from a low corner taken by Mac Allister to Szoboszlai who placed it before the Egyptian that went to the net with a slight deflection.
Salah and Szoboszlai Pulled Liverpool in The Game
High line of City caused a second goal when Arnold put a simple ball unlocking City's defense and Salah controlled it and sent it to the middle that Szoboszlai finished to make the score 0-2 for the visitors in the Etihad. City players looked frustrated and clueless that hampered some chances for coming back in the game.
Manchester City Player Jeremy Doku said, “We tried. I had a lot of attacking situations but after the two goals they scored, they played very deep. They defended very well and then played on the counter-attack, so it was hard for us to find spaces. Some games are like that. We just have to keep on going and take the good things from the game.”
H/T- New York Times
