Alison....nothing wrong...7
Gomez......did well going forward, looked a bit jittery under pressure but didn't get roasted by Sterling...6
Lovren......looked at the Ref and I doubt he would've been surprised if a penalty was given....6
Van Dijk.....bad decision to make that tackle, Gomez had he been alongside might've got there, apart from that was his normal self..6
Robinson...Did well going forward as per, didn't get skinned and played well, caught out high once but didn't cost us....7
Hendo...poor for me, did that little pony trot across the back 4 and never looked for space, gave the back 4 hardly any options, looked flat, didn't really put his normal shift in. Played one decent ball over the top that Salah nearly got to but today Hendo was partly to blame for the disconnect between the Back 4 and the attack. I don't expect him to do stuff he can't do but today his bread & butter game was stale... 5
Milner...injured....7
Gini...Battled, ran his socks off but just couldn't get any real influence in the game....6
Keita....still bedding in, didn't do a great deal that made a huge difference. Not sure his confidence levels are up there just yet...6
Salah...poor service, spent a lot of energy trying to close down City playing out from the back. Had a half chance that he blazed over. Little bit stale as well but keeps going, our attacks just didn't have enough urgency from back to front...6
Firmino.....Ran all over the shop, but most of it was again pressing City. Not much came thru from the midfield and when it did Bobby was in Traffic. 6
Mane...Again lot of pressing, no great runs at the City defence, poor supply lines.Links up well with Robbo but didn't really do much such was the tempo of our attacks.
Strange game in that we quickly ran out of steam after about 10-15 minutes but City pass you to death and it kills your urgency. But the disconnect between the back 4 and the midfield was obvious. The supply line from the back 4 to midfield was so slow and laboured it was difficult for Mane and the rest to apply pressure. We had to try and stay with City and we just about did that. Not sure if switching Gomez was wise. Lovren isn't that great a defender to justify breaking up the Van/Gomez gig.
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