“Not from Klopp or any Liverpool team, but in the Premier League – at least when going away to a big team like Man City who are one of the top sides”.
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That is what beat City today but also the passivity of Manchester City; their thought that this was The Etihad, where we dominate, where we keep it at our pace, where we play our kind of football. That’s the next challenge.
On Aguero’s goal, Klopp added: “They decided a second too late and Mignolet has the ball, and he should have the solution for us, but that’s not okay because he can only shoot the long ball”.
Liverpool fans will be reminded of Sterling’s tweet last summer few days after he made his switch to City. “It feels flawless”, exclaimed the German before quickly correcting himself. There have been three draws, though, and no league victories at Anfield. City don’t go back with runners they hold that line. The club will decide on today if he requires a scan.
And the Croatian believes the performance was just a taste of what could now be possible under Klopp.
He said: “You could see the work that had been done during the week”. Only you can affect that.
Milner brought his five-year stay with City to an end in August, signing for Liverpool on a free transfer in a desire for more game time and promises he would be played in central midfield. We are not satisfied. “But you saw at 3-1 the game could have changed”, Klopp said.
Liverpool are eight points behind surprise league leaders Leicester City, but European qualification appears a more likely goal.
Victory lifted Liverpool into ninth in the Premier League table, just six points adrift of fourth-placed Arsenal. Our situation is hard enough.
“I hope that’s all it was because everybody can see that he’s very important to us”. We have to work, that ” s all”, he said.
“We need to continue like this and keep our focus because we have so many games in front of us”. I don ” t think that way. But they had to change something. He is yet to feature under new Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. “I think we played badly, myself first”.
Pellegrini was left baffled by his side.
“We were, to be quite frank, absolutely brilliant”.
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On Saturday the game flowed perfectly into their hands with an early goal, coupled with woeful City defending, allowing them to pick City off on the counter-attack.
