Live Bar April 17 News Premier League commentator Danny Murphy spoke in the Daily Mail column about the FA Cup semi-final Manchester City 2-3 Liverpool match, which believes that Manchester City's cohesion is not enough, the team should not let Steffen start. And look forward to Liverpool's prospects for winning the title this season.
Here are Murphy's main points:
Getting Steffen to start at Wembley was a misstep decision City made in this game. This is not to question his standards, but to consider the overall situation of Manchester City.
We know that in the League Cup final, Klopp also used Kelleher as the starting goalkeeper, and he was a fixed 4 main defenders in front of him. But look at This game for Manchester City, they are missing Laporte, Ruben Díaz and Walker in the backline, and only Cancelo is the main player, and the latter is also a right-back, who was mostly placed on the left side.
So, City's cohesion in this game was not as good as before, which may have led to Steffen's poor touch and Mane winning the goal. In a counter-attack by Manchester City (1-3), Alisson made a brilliant save on Jesus' shot, which in contrast may also amplify City's weakness in this area.
City's squad has weakened considerably in the absence of key defenders and De Bruyne, and even though Steffen has been the goalkeeper of the FA Cup this season, it is still inappropriate to use him in this crucial game.
As for Alisson, he is becoming one of the greatest goalkeepers in the Premier League and if he stays at the club he will one day be seen as a true legend among Liverpool goalkeepers, alongside Ray Clemens.
At the same time, it was the first time I had to admit that this Liverpool team was so remarkable, although winning four trophies in the same season had not been achieved at the English club and I did not want to say "maybe", but when I stood in the stands at Wembley Stadium, I felt a surge of confidence from the Liverpool fans that I had never felt before.
It reminds me of the 2000-2001 season when we went to fight for three trophies and won all of them. Now that Liverpool have won a trophy (league cup) and have also reached the FA Cup final and are likely to reach the Champions League final, I don't think Villarreal has any way to beat them in the two legs, in the league they are on a par with Manchester City.
(Melodious)