Manchester City saw their hopes of protecting their Premier League name go up in smoke after a damaging 2-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.
The adjustment was presented as a confrontation for the title, however, the visitors, without their key type, Rodri, ended without problems because they opened up at will with the appearance of Arne Slot.
Cody Gakpo scored early on from Mohamed Salah’s cross before the Egyptian star returned from the penalty spot to seal the points, condemning City to a sixth consecutive defeat under Pep Guardiola.
Express Sport analyzes the performances of Guardiola’s men with full Man City player ratings.
Stefan Ortega 5
Pressure on him to perform after Ederson was dropped and the German was forced into some early stops. Could do nothing about the goal, but did make a crucial stop to deny Gakpo getting a second. Then gave away a penalty to undo his good work.
Kyle Walker4
Resembled a statue for the first Liverpool goal and had no idea where Gakpo was. The sharp rate of his decline has been alarming and today did nothing to disprove that.
Rubén Days 4
A captain will have to show leadership in difficult times, however, the Back 4 looked shaky and Dias was no different. Showed some fight after the break.
Akanji Five’s Manual
Salah could not prevent the cross that led to the opening goal and did not recover from there. He seemed hardworking in everything he did. Reserved.
Nathan Ake 6
The Dutchman was worthy of a recall ahead of Josko Gvardiol and he showed a clean set of heels up against the pacy Salah. The only defender to come out with some praise.
Rico Lewis 6
Energetic as always in the central areas, Lewis found the going tough against Liverpool’s three-man midfield. Had one good attempt in the first half.
Ilkay Gündogan 5
In possession he offers creativity. Away from it, the German trundled around in a sluggish and jaded nature. Another player whose best days look behind him. Hooked before the hour.
Bernardo Silva 5
Do you rarely see that the Portuguese are so moderate and missing in determination?
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Phil Foden 5
He won a violent blow from the beginning, which he fell. I tried to win the ball back on paper number 10, but the Englishman obviously lacked confidence.
Erling Haaland 4
Anonymous in the first half, of the neglected ball and of 0 shots. There are 11 words, one for each Norwegian touch in a terrible performance in the first half. Obviously he had some furious words in the break, because he began to make purchases and run behind half -people, but he was not yet intelligent enough in a game.
Matheus Nunes 4
While he has performed well on the left in recent matches, the Portuguese was unable to create anything of note. Why were Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku left on the bench from the start? Taken off before the hour.
Substitutes
Jérémie Doku (57 ‘) 6
The Belgian looked threatening in huge spaces like he does.
Savinho (on 57′) 6
He seemed animated but could not locate a blue blouse enough.
Kevin de Bruyne (on 78′) N/A
Jack Grealish (in 78 ‘) N/A
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