Man City boss: We couldn't have played worse against Liverpool if we tried!

Jurgen Klopp's men destroy Manchester City at the Etihad

MANUEL PELLEGRINI believes his Manchester City side couldn't have played worse in tonight's defeat to Liverpool if they tried...

 

The Reds enjoyed a whirlwind start at the Etihad, with an own goal from Eliaquim Mangala and strikes from Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino inside 32 minutes.

Sergio Aguero marked his return from injury with a superb effort to reduce the deficit, but Martin Skrtel secured three points for the visitors nine minutes from time.

And Pellegrini was left flummoxed after the performance, insisting his side failed in every department.

 

The Chilean said: "Today we did it all wrong - the performance, the way we defended, the way we went forward. It was a fake night, a fake game.

"It is difficult to understand. If we meant to do it on purpose we couldn't have done it that badly. It is impossible to understand.

"We tried to make changes and have some options to score. We tried to fight but continued making so many mistakes with the ball."

 

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He added: "Do I understand? No it is impossible. It is difficult to understand, the performance was very low in defending, attacking. 

"They scored four and could have had three more, it is impossible to understand. We worked well during the week, I don't believe the way we played. 

"We must turn the page, you cannot analyse a performance as low as that. It was a fake game."