Dan Thomas

I think we talked about City's second half performances on Friday.

They hadn't scored a goal in the second half of a match this year, this calendar year up until today.

They just seemed to switch off and they couldn't handle Liverpool.

But once again, they couldn't keep a clean sheet.

City bossed the first half without creating, they created that chance for Haaland early on, but that was it.

And once again, they showed their frailties, but somehow managed to grind out three points, which keeps it alive, I suppose, in some sense, but not really the way they're playing.

They're not going to convince anybody that they can put a title charge on the way they're playing.

But numerically, I suppose they're still in it.

But Liverpool must be kicking themselves because they had this game.

They were in total control and then they were not.

It just didn't take those chances.

Florian Wurz obviously had a good opportunity after the Ekotiki backheel.

We mentioned, of course, the Ekotiki header that went wide.

Liverpool better in the second half, but you've got to get it done.

Yeah, to be honest, I'd like to start in the first half.

Sure.

I've never seen a Liverpool side as negative and sitting on the edge of the box at Anfield against anybody.

I mean, that's what they did.

They took no part in the game.

So it could only get better.