Liverpool 1 Manchester City 2

February 9, 2026

The first half against Manchester City​, on our part, was nothing short of tepid.  The second half, for maybe 20-minutes, was an improvement and a free kick from Dom was world class in its execution.  Then, we seemed to lose the plot.  I can’t be sure Arne even knew the plot. He obviously had little trust in a bench which for some reason included two goalkeepers.  We were going to send on Curtis Jones when City ​levelled, in fact we did then send him on​ when the game restarted. Unfortunately, if anyone was going to win from that juncture it wasn’t us. I don’t know what went on in Ali’s mind when he gave away the penalty. We then sent on Chiesa, but City should have scored a third but instead Dom got himself sent off when I think the goal should have stood. City became the first team to beat us home and away for nearly 10-years. They beat us home and away for the first time in about 90-years. Arne seemed to be finger pointing towards the referee when he should have been explaining why we are in the position we’re in. Somebody on the way back to town summed it up when he said, “Five league wins since September.”​ Over to the men in suits.