Manchester City vs Liverpool: 3 takeaways from the match

Modified Aug 05, 2019 16:03 GMT

#2 Liverpool started playing a high line in the second half

Liverpool came back strongly after the break and took the attack to City’s defence. The Champions League winners started playing with a high defensive line and broke the shackles to give City’s defence a torrid time.

Virgil Van Dijk, Liverpool’s star centre-back, played some penetrating passes to Mohamed Salah on the right flank and the Egyptian kept troubling the City defenders with his diagonal runs and swift dribbling skills.

He also took quite a few shots at the City goal and even hit the woodwork. However, Divock Origi and Roberto Firmino were ordinary yesterday and could not have much of an impact.

Therefore, the onus was firmly on Salah to deliver. He failed to score, but came pretty close to doing so a few times. Jordan Henderson moved to the right wing from midfield several times to assist Salah, but somehow Liverpool were not able to score till the 77th minute, despite their dominance.

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