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Klopp's winning bet
Roberto Firmino or Diogo Jota?
Jurgen Klopp has chosen… not to choose and to line up the two players at the same time this Sunday, at the Etihad Stadium, with Mo Salah and Sadio Mané.
It still needed great discipline, rigor and solidarity.
And these are the ingredients that the Reds have put in place.
It just goes to show that playing with four offensive players is possible… It all depends on the attitude of the players in question.
Firmino gave way to Xherdan Shaqiri on time, Klopp continuing to the end in his line.
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The genius of Jesus
Back in the eleven of the Citizens for this shock against Liverpool (1-1), Gabriel Jesus made speak his technique and his science of the goal to deceive his compatriot Alisson, a superb sequence to distort company to Trent Alexander -Arnold and Joel Matip (31st).
The Brazilian was also available and technically comfortable.
Clumsy too, with this header off target at the start of the second half (55th).
With Sergio Aguero glued to the infirmary, Pep Guardiola must be delighted to find his striker Auriverde.
19 - Gabriel Jesus' equalizer was the most number of passes (19) in the build up to a Premier League goal against Liverpool since September 2017;
a strike which was also a Jesus goal (assisted by De Bruyne) at the Etihad, which was also 19 assists.
Already seen.
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The poison Mané
If he missed only one goal for the former Metz player.
Aggressive in the duels, inspired in his companies, he hurt the defense of Manchester City and it is he who causes the penalty (13th).
All without forgetting to make defensive efforts.
Grand Mané.
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Walker and the defenders of City, not very serene
We did not see a very serene last line of City in this meeting… We think of the central backs, Aymeric Laporte and Ruben Dias, but also especially of Kyle Walker on the right.
It is also the English international who was doubled by Sadio Mané in the box and committed the irreparable in the first quarter of an hour, offering the penalty to Mo Salah (13th).
A risky control also (58th) and a big fault on Roberto Firmino at the end of the game, which earned him a logical yellow (90th + 3).
In short, it was not his evening ... Although, it is not that often in a good night in fact ... Fortunately, the Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson is not struck by this lack of serenity.
And neither does Joao Cancelo.
Big rescue of the Portuguese (83rd), overall author of a good meeting.
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Firmino not very prominent
It's hard for Roberto Firmino at the moment.
Not stingy with his efforts, the Brazilian is in the shadow of Diogo Jota at the start of the season.
This Sunday, he started with the Portuguese, aligned in the axis alongside Mo Salah.
But we have seen it too little.
And it is him that Jurgen Klopp left on the hour mark. Note that Jota, clumsy and especially focused on defensive tasks or in any case the replacement, was less flamboyant than on his last outings.
De Bruyne and the others
If Kevin De Bruyne has generally held his place, despite this missed penalty and moments of less well, and that Jesus made the powder talk, the same cannot be said of City's other offensive players.
We expect more from a player of the caliber of Raheem Sterling, not fair enough, ill-inspired and simply not effective.
Ferran Torres did not particularly influence the debates either.
When entering, Bernardo Silva was more enterprising on the right, but that was not enough to fold Alisson and the Liverpool rearguard.
The midfielders (Gündogan and Rodri) also failed to shed light on the game of Pep Guardiola's team.
Frustrating for Manchester City which is treading water in the standings and remains in the soft stomach, however with a late match.
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