Five things that went wrong in Manchester City's defeat to L
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Manchester City were dealt their fifth defeat of the season on Wednesday night, ทาง เข้า sbobet ใหม่ ล่าสุด losing 3-0 to Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash at Anfield.Pep Guardiola's men face a tough task ahead but have the opportunity to make amends in the return at the Etihad Stadium next week, where they beat the Merseyside outfit 5-0 earlier this season. Here, we take a look at five things that went wrong for the Blues.
Like it or not, the coach is always the one who holds the greatest responsibility for his team's performance. The Catalan tactician decided to leave Raheem Sterling on the bench, ทาง เข้า sbobet ใหม่ ล่าสุด opting for Ilkay Gundogan in the starting line-up instead, a move which left the side with little penetration upfront. And more worryingly for Guardiola, it could be yet another unsuccessful European campaign after bowing out in the last-16 to Monaco last season.
He left Athletic Club in the final few days of the winter transfer window after Manchester City paid his 65 million euro release clause and starred as he debuted in the club's 3-0 win over West Brom just 24 hours later. Since then, Aymeric Laporte has been key to the side's defence with Alan Pardew commenting: "I have bad news for the Premier League: City has another resource, not only a defensive but also an offensive one. Good luck to the rest of the teams." The Frenchman was swiftly brought back down to earth on Wednesday though and could do very little to halt a rampaging Mo Salah. ทาง เข้า sbobet ใหม่ ล่าสุด
