Our midfield is nowhere near as dynamic as it should be, which affects overall balances. We are not as creative and competitive as we should be offensively (against low blocks, for example), and not as solid as we should be defensively. That's not on Pep, that's not on the boys, that's associated directly with managerial decisions taken off the pitch. As a consequence:
- Energy levels are a factor for 6 years in a row, yet we insist in a small squad.
- Inexperience costs.
- Individual quality (which keeps dropping) has become a huge issue.
Under different circumstances, and with different decisions, players who have been key tonight, would not even be on the pitch. But that's what a lot of clowns posting on here fail to understand: Under this manager, this group of players have never and will never give up. A lesson so called City fans find difficult to learn, for some reason. When a) you have players willing to die on the pitch for the cause, and b) they are led by the best manager in the history of the sport, everything is possible. Despite our limitations, City should have won this in the first half. What happened in the second half is what we have been witnessing for years: A TEAM not accepting defeat, a TEAM refusing to die. A TEAM, ladies and gentlemen! Against a side playing at home, using all possible means so as to "steal" the result. Against current champions. At Anfield...
The term "professionalism" is not appropriate to describe this attitude. It's beyond that. It's sacrifice. We witnessed it for the first time during the 2018-19 campaign, however it has reached unthinkable levels, clearly beyong human measures, since 2020. For the so called City fans who are eager to watch the man leave, I guess they will have to wait for another opportunity, won't they? For the rest of us, it has been a privilege and an honour supporting this manager and these boys all these years. Congratulations for the victory, 100% deserved, get back home safe. Good luck!
