How One Rash Lunge Turned A Tight Game Into A Manchester City Rout

Gravenberch’s Moment Of Madness Opened The Door For City For long spells at Anfield, this looked like a contest Liverpool could win. Our read on the first half is that the hosts created the better openings, even if neither side ever found the cutting edge a game of this size demanded.

By full time, though, City had turned a tense afternoon into a comfortable three goals to nil, and the story of how that happened says a lot about where this Liverpool side currently stands.

A cagey opening that favoured the hosts In the early stages it was Liverpool who looked the more likely to break the deadlock. Jeremie Frimpong’s early surge down the right set the tone, and the home side kept probing without quite finding the final pass.