Liverpool suffered a damning 3-0 defeat against Manchester City on Sunday to leave them down in eighth in the Premier League table after 11 matches
Roy Keane has slammed Liverpool following their defeat at Manchester City
Roy Keane has slammed Liverpool following their defeat at Manchester City
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Roy Keane has offered a brutal assessment of Liverpool's recent woes and claimed it's 'crisis time' for the Reds following Sunday's 3-0 defeat at Manchester City. Arne Slot's side were beaten in comprehensive fashion at the Etihad Stadium, with Erling Haaland , Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku scoring for City.
Despite missing a penalty to put City ahead in the 13th minute, Haaland did eventually give Pep Guardiola's men the lead just before the half hour mark, slotting a header beyond Reds goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili.
Liverpool then thought they had levelled after Virgil van Dijk headed home Mohamed Salah's corner, only for the assistant referee to chalk off the goal as Andy Robertson was deemed to be interfering while in an offside position.
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A matter of minutes later, City went 2-0 in front as Gonzalez's deflected strike flew past a stranded Mamardashvili. Doku then made it three after half-time to condemn Liverpool to a seventh defeat in 10 matches.
Speaking post-match, Keane slammed the Reds and branded them as a 'weak' team. "I think it is crisis time for Liverpool," he told Sky Sports. "It's okay to lose to a club like Man City - it's a tough place to come.
"But to lose seven in ten - five league losses already - It has to be a crisis for a club like Liverpool. I thought Liverpool looked like a really weak team today. The manager said he was pleased with the second half, but the game was over! It's easy to play well when you're not playing for anything.
"I thought [Slot's] assessment of the game was spot on. City looked stronger, technically better and more physical than Liverpool today. [Liverpool] still had moments, they've always got quality, but the goals they're giving away - their decision making - was not good enough.
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 09: (THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai of Liverpool stand dejected following Manchester City's third goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Liverpool at Etihad Stadium on November 09, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Liverpool's players stand dejected following Manchester City's third and final goal at the Etihad Stadium
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"There was a lack of intensity, a lack of energy. The subs, when they came on, looked really soft. I think it is a crisis for Liverpool."
Liverpool created an expected goals (xG) of just 0.71 throughout the game. They had just seven shots with one of those on target. While the Reds had the most big chances (2), they were beaten in almost every other statistic.
"It's been a very good start of the week with a very bad end of the week, but City away is for everyone a difficult game, including for us," Slot said in his post-match interview with Sky Sports. "Last season we were able to win here because we scored a set-piece going 1-0 up and then we had to defend really hard afterwards.
"Today, I don't think, apart from that decision and maybe it was ever going to be our game - you would never know what would have happened after 1-1 but in general they were the better team.
"We need to improve, that's what we know, but I didn't need this game to know this. But I liked, if there's anything to like today, our second-half performance because teams that sometimes struggle, teams that go 3-0 down over here, they give up but that's not what I saw.
"I saw a team that was trying to come back into the game, we had moments to do so, but it wasn't enough today."
Defeat to City has left Liverpool down in eighth in the Premier League table after winning six and losing five of their 11 top-flight matches. They sit four points behind second-place City and eight adrift of leaders Arsenal.
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