A very good solid performance from the lads everyone ran non-stop and competed well. Absolutely nothing to complain. City is no mugs they are still a class act and don't expect us to walk all over them. In many ways, the tactics deployed by Klopp worked and Silva pretty anonymous the whole game. Let's not only look at the negatives, we sat back because we can't go gung-ho attacking them and let them hit us on the counter where they're more than capable of doing so. More so with Sterling in the team and he would run that extra second faster that could hurt us and he ended up pretty frustrated as Milner did a good job.
Watched the whole game again and we neutralised them in midfield and they could only knock the ball around outside our box. Hence, let's not knock our midfielders too much they ran that extra mile. Klavan is silently doing a good job, his positioning gave him the edge and he is the first to every incoming crosses, passes etc, this is clever anticipation and interception ala Hansen. Milner the workhorse did a fantastic job only allowed Sterling to went pass him once and providing the support for attack.
We have now beaten most of the title contenders, I'm sure if we stay competitive and play to our strengths and neutralizing the opponents' strengths we will do well in the 2nd half of the season.
Let's just remain fully focus on the job and take one game at the time and see how far it takes us. If we need to continue to churn out these 1-0 scorelines, I won't complain as long as every step takes us nearer to where we want to be.
Hope the lads have calmed down and concentrate on the next game, remain focus and continue to do our job well and wait for Chelsea to slip. They will slip at some point of time, not a matter of whether they will or will not and we have to fully capitalise on that and continue to pile the pressure on them.
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