⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Uhwuchukwu53]

The Liverpool coach mis calculated the game between him and man city though Man City capacity would have win them but won't have been three goals for nothing just as they hard propelled by the red card conceive by Liverpool midfielder Ryan, I can't understand why coach have not seen the yellow card as a red line warning that would have leads him to remove him before the worse danger happened because considering their play at the first half Liverpool never give Man City the space to even get a goal if not the red card Man City would have ended in draw or the least one goal wining rather than scoring three goals in that very match, it's a lesson for Coach why keeping your midfielder that have the capacity to replace until a red card is conceive for me is calculation error.

[Tonimez]

The red card was a little too harsh and i think that really changed the game in Man Citys way. Liverpool was playing good the entire match until they gotten the red card. I wonder what would have happened in the match if they didnt get the red card. Doku was really torchring them on the wing and they didnt have a solution for him and he really destroyed them.

A three goals to none, was really a bad one from the side of the Liverpool. I was expecting it to be a very tight game but Liverpool showed too much pressure to have given in for such red card. They could have even draw in this match and it was what I was expecting at some stage. A draw would not have been bad but from 65th minute just shortly after Gravenberch red card was announced, everything just went the other way round for Liverpool. Haaland made the first goal, and in less than 3 minutes, Doku gave the second goal while the winning goal was delivered smoothly by Cherki and all efforts which seem like a good hard fight all went in vain. Manchester City indeed showed too much confidence to Liverpool in this game.

To an extent I don't think Liverpool deserves much blame on their lost in today's game because even before the game we know it won't be an easy one for them. if not for the unpredictable red card that came at the 60th minute of the game i don't think Manchester City would have succeeded the same way they did at last.
From beginning Liverpool had am impressive start but lost it all immediately after the red card when am sure would have ended in a draw at the end of the game. Although if not for the lost in confidence immediately after to red card I believe the goals won't have been that much at it was at last.

Red card in the 62 minute of the match probably had a negative impact on the entire Liverpool team. In the following periods, the Manchester City forwards increased the pace of the attack and the first goal was scored by Erling Haaland in the 65th minute of the match and the team was able to score two more goals in a very short period of time. It has been a great time for Manchester City because by winning this match, they have increased the point gap over Arsenal and are at the top. Liverpool did not have many weaknesses, especially in the first half, Liverpool were more aggressive than Manchester City. The team needed to maintain their good form throughout the match but a red card hindered the team's continuity.

I think that Andoni Iraola actually came for a draw in that game since I don't know why he couldn't get a goal in the first half. The Liverpool side dominated that first half making 4 shots to zero initially before Enzo Fernandez registered a shot. The entire process of the game before the red card seemed like Liverpool was going to win but the mistake made by the coach with his delayed substitution was among the set back he had. Red card is part of the game and many teams don't perform with red card especially on big stages and their own came quite early. Manchester city pressured the team after the red card leading to Haaland's goal. Doku also changed the pace of the game when he stepped on the pitch. Manchester city has become the first team to beat Liverpool back to back at Anfield since 1953.

[Olatundespo]

The Liverpool coach mis calculated the game between him and man city though Man City capacity would have win them but won't have been three goals for nothing just as they hard propelled by the red card conceive by Liverpool midfielder Ryan, I can't understand why coach have not seen the yellow card as a red line warning that would have leads him to remove him before the worse danger happened because considering their play at the first half Liverpool never give Man City the space to even get a goal if not the red card Man City would have ended in draw or the least one goal wining rather than scoring three goals in that very match, it's a lesson for Coach why keeping your midfielder that have the capacity to replace until a red card is conceive for me is calculation error.

If you analyze the style of play of Liverpool in the first half, it was better than that of Manchester City. Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola probably sent the players on the field with the mental preparation to draw the match and was handling the situation quite well but the danger came when important midfielder Ryan Gravenberch got a red card. Liverpool team had the ability to fight on the field with 10 players but they could not maintain the consistency of the way they were playing from the beginning due to being one player less.

Manchester City players were looking for opportunities and they scored 3 goals in a very short time. Although the rationality of the red card can be debated but it is part of the game and the team has to be prepared for any situation and not get upset and continue playing normally. Liverpool team was fully prepared to draw and it seems to me that the match might have been a draw but in a very short time all the calculations changed.