Liverpool just got a harsh Etihad lecture, 3 – 0, and Andy Robertson didn’t sugar-coat a thing: it’s a “huge uphill battle” to keep the crown.
Five losses in six, eighth in the table, eight points off Arsenal after 11 that’s not a wobble, that’s a slide. But hear me out: this is exactly the kind of scar that forges title runs.
Key moment? Virgil’s “equaliser” that never was chalked off because Robbo, in an offside spot, was judged to screen the keeper. Robertson insists he ducked, no eyeline blocked, and by the letter of what players were briefed on, he might have a point.
The margins at City are razor-thin; Liverpool got sliced by one of those margins, then by Jeremy Doku’s postage-stamp curler a finish he says came after Pep drilled him on body shape over the ball. That’s detail winning games.
Here’s the brutal truth the dressing room knows: transitions aren’t crisp enough, defensive distances are stretching on second balls, and the press is a half-step late after first contact.
Fix those micro-details and Liverpool’s model snaps back fast because the build-up patterns are still there, the rotations still create width, and the back-post runs are lurking. You don’t need miracles; you need repeatable actions, 15 times a match, for two months.
Uphill? Absolutely. Impossible? Not with this squad’s ceiling. If they tighten the rest defence and get back to ruthless counters, the chase is back on by Christmas. Wow football is made from nights like these pain first, thunder later.
