Graeme Souness

I felt...

The 90 minutes that Liverpool had on Wednesday in Napoli would show today.

Liverpool play a high-intensity game of football.

They got run ragged on Wednesday night.

And City had the extra 24 hours to recover, and I thought that would play a factor today.

So I think Liverpool should be encouraged.

A year ago, they've made the changes.

A year ago, they lose that.

And on the back of what happened in Italy on Wednesday and the kind of game they had as opposed to what City had, they should be much encouraged by that.

I think you saw Liverpool today, organised, extremely hard-working team.

I think what happened in the summer...

with Liverpool, signing Fabinho, signing Keita, and also trying to get Fakir from Lyon.

I think that tells you how Jürgen sees their midfield.

Liverpool's midfield, they're about the three great lads, and they work their socks off.

They just haven't got that little bit of quality in games like this where they can just look one way and deliver a pass the other way.

And I think

The way that Jürgen saw his midfield, the mere fact he signed two and tried to get three, tells you that he thinks he's a wee bit short there.

And I think that showed at times today.

When they were dominant, they have a lot of ball.

And the danger is, when you try and go for more quality, you might not get someone who puts the same shift in.