My thoughts on today,Stones is still playing his way back into form,after his injury.
A loss was bound to happen,at some stage,and at Anfield it usually means we lose.
Looking ahead,we have a whole week off,rest and recuperation is needed,this is the
first midweek break for many months and it is definitely needed now.
Pep may give them some time off to switch off,or maybe warm weather training.
Fernandinho and De Bruyne are looking tired,as are a few others.
I am not overly concerned about losing momentum,a rest and we have perfect opponents
in Newcastle next week to start again trying to build another long run of hopefully wins.
The defensive mistakes are related to fatigue in my opinion and having Liverpool in your face
harrying produced the opportunities for this to happen.They will never play as well again all
season after this cup final and given an extra few minutes we could have snatched a draw.
We win and lose together and many individual errors were made today,which we have to live with.
Losing Delph was a blow as Danilo is not as disciplined it seems.We missed merlin today,on the
positive side he may come back reenergised if his family situation improves,which is most important.
I wish all his family well and that recovery can continue.Aguero was a bit isolated today,the team
played well in spells,Sterlings confidence seems to take a knock once the booing starts,however he
will one day go to Anfield with City and really shine,he is still very young and learning.Passing and
decision making was erratic today,again I think a combination of too many recent games and the
absolute zero time on the ball afforded to us by Liverpool.Sanchez coming or not is down to external
factors to a degree,I would love him at City but if it doesn’t happen it’s not a huge issue,I admire our
transfer stance and demanding value in a sometimes crazy transfer market,especially in January.
Ederson was at fault for their fourth goal,however that’s the first time I can remember this happening.
Once Jesus returns we will have fresh legs again,remember there are 19 other teams in
our league would love to be in our position.Bad day at the office,the team spirit and character of this squad
will endure this and move on to better things over the next few months,I am sure.