It finished a very difficult afternoon for Liverpool FC as they were beaten 4-0 by Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in the FA Cup.
Goals
Manchester City
Erling Haaland (39’ pen, 45+2’, 57’) Antoine Semenyo (50’)
Assists
Semenyo (45+2’) Cherki (50’) O’Reilly (57’)
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Spirited First Half Before The Game Changed
The scoreline looks very heavy, but the game didn’t start that way. Liverpool actually started well and competed strongly in the first half, pressing and looking organised against a very strong Manchester City side.
The turning point came when Virgil van Dijk conceded a penalty after catching O’Reilly in the box. Haaland converted the penalty in the 39th minute to make it 1-0.
Then came the real killer moment — right on half-time. Haaland scored again in stoppage time of the first half to make it 2-0, and that goal really changed the game.
Second Half Finished The Game
Liverpool needed a strong start to the second half, but instead Manchester City scored again when Semenyo made it 3-0 in the 50th minute.
Haaland then completed his hat-trick in the 57th minute to make it 4-0 and effectively end the game.
Salah Penalty Miss Summed Up The Day
To make matters worse for Liverpool, Mohamed Salah also missed a penalty — which summed up the day for the Reds. Nothing seemed to go right once they went behind.
Heads Seemed To Drop
After a spirited first half performance, Liverpool’s heads seemed to go down after conceding the first goal, and the second goal just before half-time really killed the game.
At 2-0 away to Manchester City, the task was already very difficult, and when the third goal went in early in the second half, the game was effectively over.
One To Forget
This was one of those days where:
Manchester City were clinical Liverpool were punished for mistakes Big moments went against Liverpool The scoreline ended up very heavy
Liverpool now have to forget this result quickly and turn their attention to the massive upcoming games, especially the Champions League.
Sometimes football gives you days like this — and this was definitely one to forget for Liverpool.
Jamie (The Kopite View)