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Alisson Becker had several options.
The Liverpool goalkeeper could have hit the ball well out of his own penalty area or played right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold next to him.
But the Brazilian decided on the worst of all variants.
He passed the ball right into the feet of Manchester City striker Phil Foden.
He accepted the gift and hung up for Ilkay Gündogan, who scored 2-1 in the 76th minute.
Three minutes later, Becker had the next dropout and started the 3-1 for Manchester with a catastrophic bad pass.
Becker's mistakes sealed Liverpool's defeat.
After the 1: 4 against the leaders, Liverpool are already ten points behind.
Since City still has a catch-up game up their sleeves, Liverpool will have to tick off their title defense.
Jürgen Klopp's team is too inconsistent this season.
Title?
Klopp - "fighting for other things"
Liverpool FC are already ten points behind leaders Manchester City after their 1-0 defeat against Brighton.
Trainer Jürgen Klopp indicated that the title fight for his team was now over.
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The 1: 4 was the Reds' third home defeat in a row.
The last time there was such a negative series was in 1963. Nevertheless, Klopp did not seem particularly disappointed after the clear defeat.
“I am largely satisfied with the performance.
It was a really good performance from us for a long time.
I've seen a really good team in red jerseys, that's really important, ”said Klopp.
"Maybe he had cold feet"
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Then the 53-year-old tried to explain the two game-changing mistakes.
It got curious: “We gave City two goals.
We can't explain Alisson's mistakes, we don't have to avoid them.
There's no real reason, maybe he had cold feet.
Sounds strange, but it could be.
Nevertheless, there is the possibility of hitting the ball in the stands. "
Liverpool FC is in crisis after their third home defeat in a row.
Jürgen Klopp has to tick off the title defense
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Probably Liverpool would have lost the game without the mistakes.
Manchester played particularly well in the second half and was a class better than their opponents.
City should have taken the lead before the break, but Ilkay Gündogan put a penalty well over the gate.
But the German international scored twice after the break, his goals eight and nine in the last ten games.
"Sometimes you have a season like that where it just works," said Gündogan.
This is currently not the case with Liverpool.
With five defeats, the Reds have already received two more than last season.
If the Klopp team only conceded 33 goals in the past season, it is already 29 after 23 match days.
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Instead of fighting to defend their title, Liverpool have to worry about qualifying for the Champions League.
With Chelsea, West Ham, Everton and Tottenham, the Reds have four competitors on their necks who are in direct range.
A trend-setting game awaits Liverpool next Saturday: Klopp's team must compete in third-placed Leicester City.
Guardiola's first win with City on Anfield
“That was not the last game of the season, there are still many games to come.
If we had played more often like today, we wouldn't be ten or 13 points behind City, ”said Klopp after the game against City.
For Manchester coach Pep Guardiola, the win in Liverpool was a first.
The Spaniard won for the first time with his team at Anfield.
It was also City's first success with the Reds since 2003. “I'm so proud of the guys who broke a record that stood for a long time.
That shows how difficult it is here, ”said Guardiola.
Pep Guardiola raves about historic Anfield win
The win against Liverpool is the first win for Pep Guardiola as Manchester City coach at Anfield.
The 50-year-old is happy about the milestone and hopes to repeat it again in front of the audience.
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Matchwinner Gündogan doesn't want to know anything about a preliminary decision in the title fight: “He's not ours yet, we have to stay humble.
We know that we have to show such a performance in every single game. "