This is absolutely the point - there was no snide nor malice, but it was ****ing dangerous. The goalie didn't have his head at waist high or something. Salah did something similar to Bellerin at Anfield, but the crucial difference was that it was nowhere near his head, so was legitimate. But City were one down with ten men against Everton a few weeks ago - they didn't just fold and roll over. Astonishing how visibly we gave up when that second went in, but this is why City will be contenders and we won't; not just how they demolished us today, but how they themselves faced up to adversity.
Well Liverpools biggest weakness has been defending in recent seasons, so you aren't a team who are well suited to sitting back.
Unfortunately once you where down to 10 men, and probably your best and quickest attacker was off the field you where forced to park the bus, as you just had no outlet upfront.
Your best hope was having the attack is the best form of defence approach, and pining them back. It was impossible for you to play that way once Mane was gone though, so you where completely screwed as your defence and goalie are poor.
No offence but you where never realistically title contenders anyways, as there are atleast 4 teams who are just better, and 3 of them have much stronger squads. You do have good players in certain areas, but you aren't gonna sustain a title charge with that defence and keeper.
The 3 upfront are mustard, and Can and Wijnaldum are good midfield players, but Henderson in midfield is a poor player, and the back is bottom half of the table level. West Broms back 4 and goalie are better.
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