However, it was the visitors celebrating an early 1-0 lead after City defender Eliaquim Mangala deflected a cross into his own net for an own-goal.
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Firmino played an inch-perfect cross-pass for Coutinho from the right flank, and the playmaker turned the ball home underneath Joe Hart’s legs to double their advantage.
An exciting display from Liverpool earned them a hard-fought 4-1 victory over league leaders Manchester City in a tightly contested Barclays Premiership clash at the Etihad Stadium.
But despite Liverpool’s hugely impressive performance, City manager Pellegrini accused his players of making it easy for Jurgen Klopp’s team.
The Slovakian centre-back rounded off the scoring by netting his fourth goal against Manchester City in the Premier League, more than against any other team.
City’s top striker Sergio Aguero marked his return after seven games out injured with a fine goal to reduce the arrears but Martin Skrtel lashed in a shot nine minutes from time.
Milner won four trophies with City but could not command a regular starting role in his preferred central position and made a decision to move on after his contract expired.
“I’m more than angry”.
“So yes of course we can play against City; of course we can beat them”.
The win means that Liverpool rise to ninth in the Premier League table but sit just six points off of the Champions League spots.
He isn’t the only one who can see a difference either. When I was young they sometimes said to me, “You need to shoot more, you try to give it too much”.
“I always think it is special for the player to play against (his former side)”. It is hard to understand, the performance was very low in defending, attacking. “Not only Raheem, but all the players to play against the team they work for many players”, said Pellegrini. “It’s a big step”, Klopp said.
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However, the Belgian failed to break into the Portuguese’s first-team plans and was sold to Wolfsburg the following January, where he was named Bundesliga Player of the Year last season before earning a €74 million transfer to Premier League big-spenders Manchester City.
