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Quote from: _BlackStar on February 23, 2025, 09:56:50 PM

Their squad depth is not as good as before - especially in defence. Savinho is not very good as a winger - while City also lack balance in midfield without a good defensive midfielder. Pep Guardiola can't force De Bruyne to perform like he used to - Foden isn't at his best either. Haaland was less than optimal due to a lack of creativity on the wings and midfield - so everything changed compared to the previous season.

In addition to the decline in performance, Pep's strategy can actually be read perfectly by Arni Slot. He understands very well how Pep implements the strategy, especially on 1st half. As we can see how the 1st goal created, Mohammed Salah was unguarded at the moment, even Salah is a top scorer but he is not separated from the defender's observation. It's the same on 2nd goal, the city defender repeats the same thing, Salah, and Szoboszlai still missed their surveillance, and create a nice collaboration on front for 2nd goal. That strange strategy Arni implemented 4-2-2-2, this making mess The city player when Luiz Diaz, and Jones looming them on the other side.

Pep Guardiola has coached Man City for years and of course every strategy used by Pep Guardiola is monitored by has been monitored by many other clubs so I also feel that Pep Guardiola has run out of ideas to build a new strategy and that's what makes Arne Slot feel at an advantage because this coach is still fresh because he has many strategies that may not have been applied to his club so when facing several strong clubs in the EPL Liverpool is still very strong and difficult to stop, with this victory I am increasingly convinced that Liverpool can definitely win the EPL title because this club continues to perform consistently until now.