Maybe they’re still running now, this Liverpool team. Maybe, as the sun rises over Anfield on Thursday morning, there will still be men in red shirts, chasing, harrying, closing down, sprinting away, as if their lives depended on it.
This is Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. This is what they do. He called for bravery, he called for a team that was unafraid of Manchester City, that would dare to make history, and he got it. He got a response that swept the best team in Britain off the pitch, that sent Pep Guardiola and Manchester City back along the M62 vanquished, humbled.
Some will say the tie is not over but if Liverpool play like this again, it is. The level of defensive commitment, the tirelessness, the ferocity – well, City could not live with it.
Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City: Mohamed Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane score
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