Keane Furious Over Annoying Habit From Liverpool Stars After City Loss

Despite a reprieve in their last two fixtures, Liverpool’s poor run of form resumed at the Etihad this afternoon as they fell to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester City.

The home side were utterly dominant in the opening half. They would take a 2-0 lead into the interval thanks to goals from Erling Haaland and Nico Gonzalez, with the Norwegian striker having also had a penalty saved earlier in the half.

Liverpool were perhaps unfortunate to have a Virgil van Dijk header ruled out for offside. Other than that, they could have no complaints about the two-goal deficit.

Arne Slot’s side did improve in the second half, although a stunning long range strike from Jeremy Doku just after the hour mark would all but end the game as a contest.

Roy Keane Had Reality Check For Liverpool Stars After Manchester City Loss

A win in this game may well have gotten Liverpool back into the title race, but this defeat means that the prospect of the Merseyside club retaining the Premier League is looking like an increasingly distant one.

Speaking on Sky Sports after the game, Roy Keane said that Liverpool’s poor title defence this season was incredibly similar to their poor effort to retain the league on the last occasion they entered the season as champions.

At this moment in time you can’t be considering Liverpool for the league title. That’s five losses now, the type of goals they’ve given away.

We keep talking about their attacking players, but defensively they’re all over the place with the goals they’ve given up.

This will feel like the worst defeat. In the other games they lost it was last minute and tight games, but that one is a sore one. Gary [Neville] mentioned in commentary that in the second half Liverpool looked better, but that’s because the game was over and City eased off…

What I’m really disappointed about with Liverpool, and it was the same a few years ago when they won the league, the following season they lacked the intensity of what champions need. You’re a target then, you’re the best team…

They were at home in midweek, it’s only down the road. Sometimes you make excuses for players travelling and the intensity in games, but they had a home game down the road.

You have to be careful making excuses. It was the same with the second goal. You can say they were unlucky with the deflection, but they lacked that intensity.

If you’re not at it as a team and you’re a little bit off it like they are, at least get the basics right. That comes with stopping crosses and being difficult to play against…

I think this is crisis time for Liverpool. I know they can be beaten by Man City and it’s a tough place to come, but to lose seven in ten and five league losses already this season, it has to be a crisis for a club like Liverpool.

Liverpool now sit eight points behind leaders Arsenal in the Premier League table, having lost five of their opening 11 league fixtures.

That sort of form is nowhere near the level required to maintain a genuine title challenge, with the club having lost five of their last six league fixtures.

In short, it is looking increasingly likely that this campaign could be a rather grim one for Arne Slot’s men.

Keane Furious Over Annoying Habit From Liverpool Stars After City Loss

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