How Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool Humbled Pep Guardiola's Manchester City.

Having gone 22 league games without a single defeat (20 record wins) , Pep Guardiola's side came into Sundays game with Liverpool as favourites despite struggling in Anfield in recent years with their last win coming in May 2003. On the other hand, Jurgen Klopp rightly showed there is life after Philip Coutinho with his side beating the runaway league leaders 4-3 on the night .

Klopp showed the rest of the league managers how to beat City with his tactical decision to man mark City's wingers with his defenders. City might have scored a lot of goals and are the best side in offence at the moment yet they are less potent when forced to play down the middle as most of their attacks come from the wing (Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane). In total Sane has scored seven goals, recorded nine assists, creating 11 big chances in 21 league games while Sterling has scored 14 goals, recorded four assists and creating six big chances which illustrates how important both men are to City. Wing backs, Joe Gomez and Robertson both did not venture forward, playing so close to the City attackers and pushing them to the middle where they are less potent. Such was the perfect tactical work of Klopp that City scored their first goal after Gomez misjudged a cross to Sane , freeing him to level for City.

Kun Aguero might be world class but under Guardiola who now seems a shadow of himself , often feeding on tap ins or drifting to the wings to influence games unlike the old Argentine who held shot more often at the same time dropping deep to get the ball. Under Guardiola, Aguero is less selfish, passing quicker and less likely of trying to do everything himself which is one of his greatest strengths. This has made it easier to defend against him as he depends extensively on the wingers and Kelvin De Bruyne.

Liverpool also showed they are a force to be reckoned with when on the offence with Sadio Mane, Mohammed Salah and Roberto Firmino firing from all corners feeding from the individual errors of an unsettled City defence. Unlike other managers who sat deep to invite City to attack , Liverpool took the initiative with Emre Can bossing the midfield, retrieving every ball allowing the others to concentrate in attacking. With a 4-3-3 formation, Liverpool played a high pressing game, vibrating with energy at the same time playing an all out defence and attack. With the win, Liverpool have now recorded 13 wins and remain unbeaten in 18 games across all competitions . Pep Guardiola has also lost five times to Klopp which is the highest for him .

Though Liverpool showed their inability to defend leads having let two goals slip, they have also shown they are a march for any European side on the offense considering how good their attackers performed on the night.