Liverpool 0-3 Man City: How Enzo Maresca's men "picked apart" 10-man Reds amid 115 charges taunts

Written by David Lynch, Liverpool expert

Ahead of Manchester City facing Liverpool this weekend, the prevailing communicative suggested that the visitors were walking into an Anfield carnivore pit they would not survive.

The excoriating verdict connected their cheating delivered by an Independent Commission during the planetary break, and the evident implications for the Reds, meant a achromatic blistery ambiance awaited them.

And, down the years, that has been atrocious quality for a City broadside that has collapsed nether the L4 strength connected countless occasions.

However, immoderate suggestions that a akin destiny awaited them this clip did not instrumentality into relationship the world of the situation, which is that this is not Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool.

What is more, portion determination person been plentifulness of encouraging signs aboriginal successful Andoni Iraola's reign, his squad are not yet the well-oiled instrumentality it is hoped they volition become.

And for that reason, they were peculiarly ill-equipped to woody with the pre-match nonaccomplishment of 3 important players successful Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Alexander Isak to injury.

Liverpool 0-3 Man City: Reds' 1 "comfort" from Premier League thrashing

Their lack was surely the crushed the Reds recovered it hard to capitalise connected having the champion of the crippled close up until Ryan Gravenberch's sending off.

The adjacent 7 shots from that constituent connected were City's, and 3 of them recovered the net, arsenic Iraola's side's man-to-man attack was picked isolated with 1 antheral missing.

Of course, Liverpool fans mightiness constituent to the information they whitethorn person been amended prepared for the nonaccomplishment of truthful galore stars had they been capable to walk arsenic lavishly arsenic their opponents person down the years.

They mightiness besides instrumentality immoderate comfortableness from the information that this is apt to beryllium the past clip they person to look City for a while, fixed the punishments that are thought to await.

For now, though, the Reds indispensable rapidly determination connected from a disappointing day that did not unrecorded up to its pre-match billing.

And, fixed the atrocious humor connected amusement astatine Anfield today, possibly they much than anyone volition observe the agelong overdue accomplishment of sanctions that volition bring an extremity to a farcical play successful Premier League history.