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» How Liverpool gave top teams a blueprint on how to beat Man City 

  • تاریخ : 31st ژانویه 2023
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There you have it – and can be beaten after all, with becoming the first side to achieve the feat this season after their on Sunday.

Mohamed Salah’s strike 14 minutes from the end was enough to inflict a first defeat in 10 games this term on Pep Guardiola’s Premier League challengers, while perhaps rekindling hopes of the Reds’ own title pursuit as the season plays out.

But how did Liverpool topple the champions and can any other side around Europe borrow a few tips from Jurgen Klopp’s outfit?Here is how Liverpool laid out a blueprint to stop Manchester City.

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (left) celebrates his winning goal in Sunday’s victory over Man City

Stop Erling Haaland

Easier said than done of course and few teams are going to have a world class centre-back in Virgil van Dijk to complete the job. But at least we can now see the ways Haaland can be marginalised from the game. 

It’s not so much of stopping Haaland while he has the ball, the key is to stopping him get it in the first place.

City have found joy this season by playing back post crosses whether high or low for the Norwegian hitman to attack.

As good as Liverpool were on Sunday, they didn’t entirely prevent this, with Haaland managing to produce a first half header while leaping high at the back post that was well stopped by Alisson who was fortunate to see the effort nodded effectively straight at him.

Erling Haaland was nullified in the City attack as Liverpool shut down supply to him

But Haaland barely had any other major look in during the game.When he did drop deep to break away from the pincer of Van Dijk and Joe Gomez he was tracked by Fabinho.

Van Dijk admitted a key aspect in Liverpool’s centre-back performance was not to get caught flat-footed.

‘That’s what defenders have to do [defend for your lives],’ Van Dijk told Sky Sports.

‘That’s what you have to do in every game, you drop off a slight percentage, they will punish you.It’s a lot of running, communication. Who wants it more. Today we showed it.’ 

Once Haaland did manage to attack from deep leading to Man City’s disallowed opening goal it only came after he fouled Fabinho in the build up who would have otherwise tracked his run. 

City still attempted the back post delivery throughout the game, but the Reds defence read it well, with Van Dijk crucially nodding over his own bar to once again cut the supply to the striker who before the game had struck an incredible 15 goals from just nine matches.

Virgil van Dijk constantly tracked the previously free scoring City striker, who has 15 goals

Go long…with a headstart

In the most crude way, Liverpool’s winning goal on Sunday came through a simple long ball from a goal kick and the capitalisation of a defensive mistake. You see the same goal every Sunday at your local side – you may have been involved in the same play yourself.

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