Arne Slot explains where Liverpool blame lies after Man City defeat

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"It's easy for players to win their duels if the game plan and tactics are working," Slot explained. It wasn't about my players not wanting to make duels; they had to run a lot because they were so much better on the ball than us.

"I would look to the game-plan first and foremost of us and them and not blame my players at all. "In the second half, when we were doing better, you could see could us winning much more duels.

They were by far the better side in the first half." Most of Liverpool's players will now head off to play for their countries. Jeremy Doku bends in Manchester City's third goal to seal their 3-0 victory over Liverpool (Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images) "Last season they didn't create that many chances, today they created more but it wasn't like they had chance after chance after chance, but this time they were much more effective with the chances they had.