By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
Liverpool manager Arne Slot has acknowledged that his team struggled against Manchester City’s tactical setup as they suffered a 3-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium.
City went into the break with a two-goal advantage following strikes from Erling Haaland and Nico Gonzalez. In the second half, Man of the Match Jeremy Doku added a brilliant third, reducing the gap to league leaders Arsenal to four points.
Speaking to BBC MOTD, Slot said, “First half, they were dominating completely. We struggled a lot with the amount of players they bring in between the lines.
“We went 2-0 behind – then it is even harder – when you come here to change things around in the second half.”
On Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed goal, Slot added: “Again, it was not a good performance from us in the first half. Again, it was a fair reflection of the first half that they were 2-0 up. But I cannot agree with the decision being made on that. For me, that is a goal. Immediately after the game, people showed me the goal City made away at Wolves last season.
“For me, that is a similar one. I was surprised because the first thing you do when you score, you look at the linesman – it took 14 seconds before he raised his flag. These things didn’t help us, but again, City being 2-0 up at half-time was a fair reflection of the score.”