Manchester City’s meltdown following Sunday's defeat to Liverpool continues after Ruben Dias snapped at a reporter at Anfield.
Pep Guardiola’s side continued their remarkable slump as they fell to a sixth defeat from their last seven games, with Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah providing the goals on Merseyside. In truth, the 2-0 scoreline somewhat flattered the visitors, with Liverpool dominant as they opened up an 11-point gap on the defending champions.
That wasn’t the end of City’s humiliation though, with Guardiola subjected to taunts of ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’ from the Anfield crowd, to which he held up six fingers in order to signify the amount of league titles he’s won at the club.
The City boss though appeared to take the chants a little too seriously though, telling reporters that he ‘didn’t expect’ to hear them from Liverpool fans. Goalkeeper Stefan Ortega certainly didn’t help matters when he gave his reaction to the taunts.
"Someone told me before that this area (Liverpool) is probably not the best part in the UK," Ortega said. "I think he reacted really well, yeah."
And the City meltdown didn’t end there, with Dias also seemingly losing his cool after the game. The defender was at fault for Liverpool’s second on the night after being caught on the ball by Darwin Nunez, and he didn’t seem to be in the mood to discuss his side’s recent slide afterward.
Speaking to former footballer Jan Aage Fjortoft for Viaplay after the match, Dias didn’t seem to take too kindly to being asked how the City players would take responsibility for their form.
“You know that you’re talking to one of the players of one of the teams in the world that has won the most in recent years?” Dias replied.
“So maybe have a think about that and be sure that we know how to deal with it.”
Liverpool.com says: A word of advice Ruben - If you’re trying to give the air of a team that’s not losing its cool, it’s probably best not to roll out the old ‘do you know who I am?’
City clearly haven’t taken yesterday’s defeat well. They seem to have lost any sense of humor after the Anfield crowd’s ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’ chants, which were clearly done with tongue firmly in cheek, and they’re exhibiting the sort of entitlement that you pretty much lose the moment you lose six out of seven games.
And Dias can insist that his side knows how to deal with it as much as he wants, but their performances on the pitch tell a very different story. City look an absolute mess without Rodri, and Liverpool just needs to make sure it doesn’t open the door to them staging any kind of comeback in this year’s title race.