Three first half strikes in succession at the home of the Premier League favourites sent a message around England that the new man means business and Gary Neville was one of those who sat up and took notice.
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Sergio Aguero is fit for Manchester City’s clash with Liverpool today, following a hamstring injury that had ruled him out of the club’s last nine matches.
But the Chilean also revealed that David Silva, who was injured 24 hours after Aguero, and Vincent Kompany, who pulled out of the Belgium squad with a calf injury last week, will miss out. I’ll have to see tomorrow and think about it after the press conference.
Martin Skrtel has hailed Liverpool’s 4-1 drubbing of Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium this evening as “massive”. I don’t know how many friends Raheem had here or has here.
While people were quick to point out that his predecessor was unlikely to ever produce such a performance from his players.
Sturridge suffered similar negative attention when he swapped City for Chelsea back in 2009, but says he only left in search of first-team football.
Since hiring Jurgen Klopp after sacking Brendan Rodgers earlier in the 2015 Premier League season, Liverpool FC is looking for more wins and a better future.
This allows Klopp to field a four-pronged attacking line, with three midfielders supporting a lone striker. “Liverpool are a top club, a top side, and it will be a massive game on Saturday”. The truth is playing against tougher opponents makes us all better at our jobs.
Klopp’s own personal record against City is much better, with a win and a draw – attained by a Mario Balotelli last-minute penalty at the Etihad – in two Champions League encounters as Borussia Dortmund manager.
“One of the most important things in important games is to have a cold mind, not a cold heart but a cold mind”.
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“Even before they scored we noticed the belief and their intent to pass the ball really quickly and brightly”.
