Liverpool’s game a complete disaster – Manchester City’s Manuel Pellegrini

City is in third place, two points back of league-leading Leicester, while Liverpool rises into ninth, level on points with No. 7 Everton and No. 8 Southampton. Defender Martin Skrtel thumped in the fourth from the resulting corner in Liverpool’s biggest win of the season.

“I am more than angry”, Pellegrini said. It was not one name, it was a complete disaster. In Liverpool’s past two away games they have scored just as many goals as they managed in their eleven previous outings and Klopp says the good news is that they haven’t even been ideal.

Manuel Pellegrini’s forlorn side only had a classy finish from Sergio Aguero to look back upon for their efforts, after a lacklustre performance.

“There are a lot of things why I took the decisions with the starting XI but there was not one thing”.

“When I was his age, I didn’t necessarily have a player who would try and help me every single day to push me and try to make me improve as a footballer”.

But, while the club went out of their way to make sure Sterling was settled at Anfield and on Merseyside in general, they could not prevent him from becoming homesick within 18 months of leaving London, where he played for Queens Park Rangers Academy. The Brazilian drove into the box and played a neat pass into the diagonal run of Firmino, who had peeled away from a snoozing Eliaquim Mangala. “We have watched games with all of these players and without these players”.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes Philippe Coutinho’s injury will not keep him out of action for too long.

“It’s normal in football that former players play against their old club and nothing special”, said Klopp.

At first, the problem seemed manageable and Liverpool hoped that Sterling would get over it. We need common experience that we can talk about, work with.

Firmino, who joined Liverpool from German outfit 1899 Hoffenheim in the summer transfer window, had a good game against City.

“At half-time I had a little bit of a feeling a few of them were feeling surprised we were in the lead here and that is what we have to learn”.

Substitute Christian Benteke was also denied by Hart after being played through by Jordan Ibe.

Toure and Navas were hauled off at half-time, meaning Mangala stayed on the pitch, but he was devoid of confidence and Liverpool sliced through the backline again on the hour, when Firmino had just Hart to beat but saw his shot deflect off the keeper and over the crossbar.

‘I had a personal agreement [with Klopp],’ he told The Telegraph.