Manchester City players were left fuming in the dressing room after watching replays of Liverpool’s controversial opening goal in a 3-1 loss at Anfield on Sunday, midfielder Elkay Gundogan has said. Sports enthusiasts from around the world can purchase Premier League Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances. Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold appeared to handle […]
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]]>Manchester City players were left fuming in the dressing room after watching replays of Liverpool’s controversial opening goal in a 3-1 loss at Anfield on Sunday, midfielder Elkay Gundogan has said. Sports enthusiasts from around the world can purchase Premier League Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.
Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold appeared to handle the ball inside his own box in the sixth minute but instead of a City penalty the hosts broke and 22 seconds later Fabinho drilled in a spectacular goal from outside the box.
The goal was checked by VAR and allowed to stand as Liverpool went on to clinch the victory and move nine points clear of City in the Premier League title race.
Their sense of criticism would expand when Liverpool went ahead 22 seconds later. Mane’s low cross was not cleared with any conviction by Ilkay Gundogan and, with no City challenges coming, Fabinho took a touch and ripped the sweetest of drives past Claudio Bravo from 25 yards.
Liverpool bowed the secure and their second goal was created by their pillaging full-backs. Alexander-Arnold swapped the play from right to left with a 60-yard permit to Andy Robertson, whose cross invited Mohamed Salah to flash in on Angelino’s blindside.
We saw the happening again in the dressing room then and for me, clearly, it’s a penalty but if you ask a Liverpool player they would say, you can give it but it’s maybe a 50-50 condition, Gundogan told reporters. It takes a hard attitude to fight counter to that and inappropriately, they scored the second conventional after.
City are aiming to become the first team since Manchester United in 2009 to win three consecutive Premier League titles but now occupy fourth spot in the table.
Last season, City recovered in the second half of the campaign to erase Liverpool’s 10-point lead at the top and Gundogan wants the same level of commitment from his team mates. We have to accept it, but there is a long way to go. Last season in January we were rather far behind and able to turn it around Gundogan added.
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]]>Pep Guardiola must channel Anfield anger for Man City to have any chance of catching Liverpool now. Sports enthusiasts from around the world can purchase Premier League Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances. Pep Guardiola has to use this. It’s all he can do. Sky’s cameras picked up the Manchester City manager’s comments to referee Michael Oliver […]
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]]>Pep Guardiola must channel Anfield anger for Man City to have any chance of catching Liverpool now. Sports enthusiasts from around the world can purchase Premier League Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.
Pep Guardiola has to use this. It’s all he can do.
Sky’s cameras picked up the Manchester City manager’s comments to referee Michael Oliver at the final whistle: Thank you so much, he declared with no shortage of irony.
And while it would be a wild disservice to Liverpool to claim such a vital victory was owed solely to the decision not penalize Trent Alexander-Arnold in the opening minutes, it provides Guardiola and City something to cling to. Look at the cold, hard facts after this 3-1 defeat and City have it all to do. The city’s manager will leave Anfield with the belief they have been severely wrong-done.
In truth, Klopp would have had his own complaints had a penalty been awarded, given Bernardo Silva was as guilty of handling during the same incident as Alexander-Arnold. Either way, the correct decision would have been to halt play, rather than allow Liverpool to break up the pitch and score.
Now Guardiola needs to find the way to make the difference between now and the end of the season and instilling a siege mentality is a well-worn tactic that may just be his best approach from here-on in.
Two years of unprecedented dominance has taken its toll on a dressing room that has found the going just that little bit tougher this term. Be it Norwich and Wolves finding ways to win against them or Southampton pushing them to the brink, is beginning to feel like a grind.
But only a fool would write this City team off even from this distance.
They’ve responded to their previous two defeats this season with five wins on the bounce. Do the same again after this and the table could look very different by the turn of the year.
Guardiola’s big transfer mistake
City’s grip on their title may well have been lost at Anfield but the tone was set during a summer when Guardiola failed to strengthen in two key areas.
The Catalan’s failure to replace the departed Vincent Company still beggar’s belief. And while he insists the champions didn’t have the funds to compete with Manchester United for top target Harry Maguire, he still managed to make Joao Cancelo the most expensive right-back in English football.
That decision looks all the more peculiar considering Kyle Walker remains his first choice in that position. Meanwhile, City also opted against bringing in a top-class left-back despite spending the past two seasons with makeshift options in that position.
Angelino returned after City had already decided the Spaniard wasn’t up to the required standard after selling him to PSV Eindhoven. It was a measure of Guardiola’s ongoing doubts about Mendy and Nicolas Otamendi that neither started such a huge game, with midfielder Fernandinho playing at center back in a game in which City’s defensive frailties came to the fore.
Salah is in Guardiola’s head
The decision to name Angelino ahead of Benjamin Mendy was a head-scratcher from the moment the team sheets came out. Mendy was outstanding in this same fixture last season and is City’s best answer to Mo Salah – the player who consumes Guardiola ahead of these games.
The Egyptians had one of his quietest games when the sides drew 0-0 at Anfield as Mendy’s high line forced him to check his own attacking ambitions.
But there was no sign of that as he stole a march on Angelino in the first half to double Liverpool’s lead and put the game beyond doubt.
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]]>All four Premier League clubs could qualify for the Champions League last-16 on matchday five. Liverpool, Man City, and Tottenham and Chelsea are all in favorable positions with two games to go. Sports enthusiasts from around the world can purchase Premier League Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances. Bayern Munich, Juventus and Paris Saint Germain secured their […]
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]]>All four Premier League clubs could qualify for the Champions League last-16 on matchday five. Liverpool, Man City, and Tottenham and Chelsea are all in favorable positions with two games to go. Sports enthusiasts from around the world can purchase Premier League Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.
Bayern Munich, Juventus and Paris Saint Germain secured their progression to the knockout stages on matchday four with wins over Olympiacos, Lokomotiv Moscow and Club Brugge, respectively. The three European giants have steamrolled through their groups to sit top after four games. Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham, and Chelsea will hope to join Bayern, Juve, and PSG in the last-16 later this month.
Liverpool:
Liverpool will be looking for revenge against Napoli on matchday five after suffering a 2-0 defeat in Naples in September. The Champions League holders will qualify for the last-16 with a win over the Serie A club. Jurgen Klopp’s men could even lose to Napoli and still progress if RB Salzburg, to beat basement boys Genk.
Man City:
Man City would have qualified for the last-16 if they had beaten Atalanta on Wednesday. Mario Pasalic’s second-half strike canceled out Raheem Sterling’s early opener. But Pep Guardiola’s side held on for a point as they ended the game with right-back Kyle Walker in goal after Claudio Bravo, a half-time replacement for the injured Ederson, was sent off in the 81st minute.
The city will be confident of progressing at the second time of asking when they host Shakhtar Donetsk, a team they beat 3-0 in the reverse fixture. The Citizens could still secure qualification even if they lose or draw with Shakhtar on the basis that Atalanta avoids defeat against Dinamo Zagreb.
Tottenham:
Back-to-back wins over Red Star Belgrade have put Tottenham in a much better position to qualify after failing to win their opening two games. Victory over Olympiacos in three weeks’ time will secure qualification to the last-16 for Mauricio Pochettino’s men.
Tottenham let a two-goal lead slip in Greece in the reverse fixture and will be aiming for a more comfortable night in north London. Spurs could even draw to Olympiacos and hope Bayern Munich, who has a 100 percent record in Group B beat Red Star Belgrade.
Chelsea:
Group H is by far the most competitive Champion’s League group. Leaders Chelsea, second-placed Ajax, and third-placed Valencia are all on seven points heading into matchday five. The Blues face a tricky trip to Valencia, while Ajax host bottom club Lille, who have just one point.
Chelsea will qualify on matchday five if Frank Lampard’s side beat Valencia and Lille manage to pull off a shock win or draw against Ajax. Those results would see Chelsea on 10 points with Ajax and Valencia needing to play each other on matchday six.
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]]>Three teenagers started for Manchester City during their win over Southampton this week. Manchester City fans were given an indication of the future on Tuesday night as the Blues heaped more gloom on Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Southampton at the Etihad. Football fans can book Premier League Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices. A Nicolas […]
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]]>Three teenagers started for Manchester City during their win over Southampton this week. Manchester City fans were given an indication of the future on Tuesday night as the Blues heaped more gloom on Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Southampton at the Etihad. Football fans can book Premier League Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices.
A Nicolas Otamendi header led Sergio Aguero brace in the last 16 of the Carabao Cup but two more strikes from the Blues all-time record goal scorer is not what the game will be remembered for. Blues fans have become familiar with seeing Argentine forward find the net with regularity over the previous eight-and-a-half years.
Although they will never tire of seeing Aguero wheel away in celebration having added another goal to his count, they will have found the introduction of a few new faces of late inspirational.
Tommy Doyle, the 18-year-old local guy, showcased at the base of midfield on his senior debut against Saints. Tommy Doyle played so well for the first game in a position that is not natural for him. I saw him playing there for a few days when normally he plays in front but he played really well.
Tommy Doyle is Manchester City through and through. His granddad the late Mike Doyle, is a bona fide City great having got his hands on eight pieces of silverware during the 60s and 70s. As Guardiola noted, holding midfield is not Doyle’s primary place but he cleared himself well there against Premier League opposition.
A calm young defender with technical features polished in La Masia, he could be vital for Manchester City in the coming months as Pep Guardiola continues to struggle with Aymeric Laporte’s knee injury.
Phil Foden has been in and around the first team for a couple of years now but he is yet to turn 20 and Tuesday’s game was just his 16th start for Manchester City.
The chances of him being involved in any of the seven Premier League matches before the Oxford United draw are slim, and if he features in any of Manchester City remaining three Champions League group matches it will likely be because a place in the last 16 has already been available.
Guardiola is more likely to give his young players further game time against a team of Premier League One standard than Manchester United or Liverpool.
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