The ball was from Manchester City, the football was from Liverpool. Those of Klopp dominated both time and space, the two most decisive and complex variables of training in this sport, and with them they submitted the winner of the last two Premier League, powerless against the discharge of electricity to which he was subjected in a Anfield in permanent boiling. In 13 minutes the locals were already winning by two goals and that mountain was already unable to trample the Guardiola team, whose only consolation was to avoid in the second part that the word scored appeared in all the chronicles of the match.
Liverpool's victory opens a hole in the Premier, leaving nine distant points to the City, now fourth with one point less than Chelsea and the surprising Leicester. The game deepens the trend set since the beginning of the season, which draws a Liverpool that gives continuity to the maturity of the project that made him European champion in May and a City whose model of success presents symptoms of exhaustion, especially in the defensive facet, in which the whole 'citizen' feels more vulnerable than ever.
The numerous casualties, all told, are not helping you in that work. Without Ederson , Laporte and Mendy , the back of the City was weaker than ever and Liverpool took advantage of that to make his opponent bleed. He did not lose his concentration before the visiting domain of the ball in the initial moments, which far from numbing him revived him. Fabinho with a whiplash from the front and Salah after a counterattack and a Robertson center put the 2-0 on the scoreboard before even the game caught heat.
They were two blows too hard for a City that paradoxically was not doing things wrong. Not at all. He attacked with discretion, but the definition of the gifts in the form of centers that De Bruyne served his companions and then undressed excessively behind him. He also felt harmed by the referee, because before Fabinho's goal he claimed as a penalty a hand of Alexander-Arnold in the area, an action that would be repeated in the second half. On both occasions, the side touched the ball with his arm, but neither the referee nor the VAR understood that those contacts deserved the maximum penalty.
City ruled virtually the entire game, at least in regard to possession of the ball. Because the reality is that Liverpool did not emit symptoms of suffering until the final minutes. Solid back and deadly against it, the Klopp team was unapproachable for the City. Mané's goal in the 51st minute, after a Henderson center from the lime line, led Anfield to delirium, something logical against a score as blunt as it was exaggerated.
The Manchester team managed to cut distances in the final leg, thanks to a left-handed shot by Bernardo Silva stuck to the base of the Alisson stick. He did nothing but a change Guardiola, Gabriel Jesus for Agüero, something that despite the result made sense, because his City was doing things well, on the back of Sterling and De Bruyne, the Belgian excellent during the 90 minutes. His problem was that the notable was not enough against a Liverpool granite that is closer than ever to win the first Premier League in its history.
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