“Liverpool were punished for their first defensive error. It’s called elite football. “- Aftenposten

Manchester City were the best where it counts the most, and deserved to win against the nearest rival from last year.

MANCHESTER (Aftenposten): The number one against number two from last season. The team that took the most points at home against what took most away. It was serious now. It was the season’s first top match of the Premier League. Heavyweights finally met an opponent in his own weight class.

Manchester City have won two of the last three editions of the PL. They won 17 of 19 games in last year’s season.

Liverpool had scored in 28 of the 29 last matches of PL. City have scored in their last 14 there were goals in the air, the cold and windy autumn air, in Manchester. The summer was definitely over, the autumn and the league started.

Manuel Pellegrini had chosen stability and balance. Brendan Rogers had chosen break strength. He had also chosen continuity.

affected the rhythm?

He bought or borrowed a total of nine players for a total of 1.2 billion this summer. Big money anyway, but he also sold Suarez over half of it.

The big question is whether, and how quickly, the new fit. Does it affect the rhythm in what appeared to be a well-oiled unit for much of last season? Will they experience something similar as Tottenham did when they sold Gareth Bale, and brought many players to fill the void?

The answers we have to wait for only two of the new playing field for that ” Blue moon “rang out over the plant, and created magic before kickoff.

The second question I asked myself while the wind took hold of the birds as they flew askew in the air, acted on x-factor.

Liverpool had it last year in Luis Suarez. They hope to have bought it again in Mario Balotelli. Manchester City had it on the bench Sergio Agüero, who are not ready for 90 minutes.

Counter Fear

Possibly missing the x-factor. In return, they have all the other letters of the alphabet.

The game was on the path it was on paper. City played Liverpool edged low by running their own backs and edges in the path, but dared not push high. The fear of being counterattacked in lowering was evident.

Liverpool was therefore allowed to send Steve Gerrard deep to distribute the balls and drag down the pace. The times when City got high was the ball either played in the back, or two inner runners who had snuck behind the home side’s central duo.

This was about two teams that were well prepared, extremely well prepared, what opponent would do. It also acted on two teams with so much respect for each other that they “zeroed each other out” -en while.

Specifically, in 40 minutes. The only two newcomers in the red was involved. Dejan Lovren cleared a post card. Alberto Moreno slept a tenth for long. Stefan Jovetic was awake. Very alert and sent City into 1-0.

Picture on today’s top football

It was a glorious picture of what elite football is all about. There were two teams totaling 45 minutes of play a single defensive error. The utilized. It’s called elite football.

At this level errors mercilessly punished. Forget chance census and statistics. Fall asleep a tenth or hits the ball a millimeter error in his own 16-meter. The result is often mercilessly.

The problem for Liverpool is not to score. It is to prevent the opponent to do the same. The last six games of last year and the first two years they have taken the ball out of its own network.

Manchester City has not lost a match at home after they have led for five and a half years.

Attacks Right

The statistics did Liverpool probably little about where they came out after the break several minutes for the home side.

Jordan Henderson could offset by a clever indirect free kick move. Martin Demichelis able to head City into 2-0 after a corner. 2-0 would still come.

If 1-0 was the result of defensive error was 2-0 the result of “attack right”.

Efficient City sunk Liverpool

Stevan Jovetic was the hero Liverpool then had to endure the season’s first loss.

The ball went too fast and too accurate for all in red from leg to leg before Stefan Jovetic wide as their second. It was a wonderfully beautiful movement, worthy of a defending champion.

Liverpool’s response was to drop Alberto Moreno free rein out to the left and insert Lazar Markovic on the same page. It gave two useful chances, but no results.

Sergio Agüero came on after 69 minutes. Sergio Agüero scored after 69 minutes. It took 23 seconds between the two events.

towards came from another substitute, Jesus Navas. The rest of the action was the Argentinian alone. A simple medtak and an equally simple broadside in the nearest corner (loose shot into the net is still better than hard over), and it was 3-0. X-factor on the pitch, and the complete alphabet.

Both struggled against the top teams last year, winning just two of six games against the top four on the table, including each against each other. Eventually, Monday night was the difference. The biggest difference where it matters most, in both 16 meters.

There was in fact evenly between them and chances also approximately equal. Only one team managed however to exploit them, with one exception.

Substitute Rickie Lambert had two chances with a shot, scoring on his own return.

The difference in efficiency

It could have been a final spurt was partially destroyed by that Glen Johnson limped out with injury after Liverpool had used all three substitutions. With ten against eleven were executed.

The difference in efficiency is about more than the quality of strikers. It is also about where especially the newly composed left side defense Liverpool did few but crucial småfei, the back four to City almost perfect. Vincent Kompany was a monument, as he always was last year, and Martin Demichelis is looking lighter in step than ever, even after a tiring World Cup.

Liverpool hope that Mario Balotelli provides yet another offensive dimension and that defense mistakes weeded away.

Manchester City has fewer bugs to weed out, and many potential match winners.

Published: august 25. 2014 11:05 p.m.