LIVERPOOL player rating vs Mancity
Alisson - 2 😒😒😒😒
What happened? A couple of minutes, a couple of goals conceded, a couple of absolute howlers. The Liverpool goalkeeper may be one of the best in the world but his mistakes for City's match-winning double would be considered inexplicable at any level. To make one is perhaps understandable, but two? A shocker by any count.
Trent Alexander-Arnold - 5
Did well before the break, especially when going forward, but defensive frailties were exposed in the second half, most notably for City's opener when Sterling waltzed around him. Liverpool's brightest attacking spark, but his performance won't be remembered for that.
Fabinho - 5
Was this the afternoon when Liverpool's bad luck with defensive injuries finally caught up with them? The Brazil international looked increasingly ill at ease as the game progressed. Fortunate to escape full punishment for his penalty-conceding foul, a lazy trailing leg which in the era of VAR was never going to pass undetected even if referee Michael Oliver had missed it, and statuesque when covering for Alexander-Arnold on City's opener.
Jordan Henderson - 7
There is an idea that Fabinho's future may already be at centre-half. There is also a passing thought that so might Henderson's. Not merely because he has been so very accomplished in his new role but because there's no obvious reason to think that he will not go on prospering in the role. The Premier League does not do brickhouse centre-forwards any more. And it certainly does a lot of possession. So could Henderson be a trailblazer for more central midfielders dropping back into defence? Perhaps. In the immediate term, the only vexing issue for Henderson is whether Liverpool are missing his intensity in midfield.
Andy Robertson - 6
Beaten by Foden for City's fourth, although whereas Fabinho and Alexander-Arnold struggled to repel Sterling, Mahrez barely featured down Liverpool's left. Had some half-openings to create in the first half but could not find a killer cross.
Thiago - 5
An uncomfortable display will surely be followed by uncomfortable focus on whether his style of play is suiting Liverpool or perhaps even hampering it. Booked for an all-too-familiar foul in the opening minutes, Thiago then drifted into anonymity before being replaced on 67 minutes.
Georginio Wijnaldum - 6
On the fringes. Although Liverpool's midfield was not the weak link of their display, neither did their midfield three ever wrestle control.
Curtis Jones - 7
One of the few Liverpool players to impress. The youngster has not won over all Liverpool supporters but made an excellent covering tackle to deny Sterling a clean run through on goal early on and generally stood up well on the most elevated of stages. It was somewhat of a surprise to see him subbed at the same time as the disappointing Thiago.
Mohamed Salah - 6
So quiet prior to winning Liverpool's penalty that he may have hit the mute button. Converted the spot-kick with aplomb, but barely featured otherwise.
Roberto Firmino - 5
Did not appear to possess his usual levels of energy and only once - with a snap shot after 30 minutes that Ederson tipped - did he offer a direct threat of his own. Questions are bound to reappear about his contribution to the side when the front press is not a factor.
Sadio Mane - 6
Liverpool's best attacker, although that is not saying much on an afternoon when the 'fab three' fell flat.
Subs used
Xherdan Shaqiri - 6
James Milner - 6
Kostas Tsimikas - n/a
Source Sky.
YNWA
.If Liverpool wants continuing winning trophies,a fucking bustard jurgen klopp should be first sacked,the man has nothing to offer us,I've been always keep telling my Liverpool mates to have a look at klopp's Dortmund era.The man can't change,we've to accept that klopp's era at Liverpool has come to an end,that's it.Let me keep on drinking my whisky”
