We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoWe are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoManchester City can argue with some justification about the damage wrought on their players’ psyche by the ambush on their bus en route to the ground. They can lament the officials’ failure to spot that Mohamed Salah was offside in the build-up to Liverpool’s first goal, and that Raheem Sterling should have had a penalty when fouled by Andrew Robertson. But they also have to accept that they were deservedly thrashed by a hungrier, sharper Liverpool side. What City cannot dispute is that their manager, Pep Guardiola, made a horrendous tactical error in starting Ilkay Gündogan, who was patently overwhelmed by the occasion and resembled a feather in a wind machine when the Liverpool hurricane of noise, pressing and counterattacking swept through City. Picking Gündogan…

Source: The Times April 04, 2018 20:52 UTC