Overview
- Liverpool sit eighth, eight points behind Arsenal, after a fifth league defeat in 11 and seven losses in their past 10 matches in all competitions.
- Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku scored at the Etihad as City climbed to second, four points off Arsenal, on Pep Guardiola’s 1,000th game as a manager.
- Slot conceded City were superior and said his game plan failed, adding he will not blame his players and that consistency has to come first.
- Virgil van Dijk’s header was disallowed for offside interference by Andy Robertson, a decision Slot called “obvious and clear” wrong while acknowledging it did not decide the result.
- Roy Keane called it “crisis time” and Gary Neville questioned Liverpool’s intensity, as sections of the fanbase targeted Ibrahima Konaté ahead of the international break.