Carragher praises Liverpool for their “mentality” against City
The Reds raised from a weak first half to draw the game with Manchester City, and the ex-player Jamie Carragher praising their character.
Jamie Carragher
was impressed by
Liverpool’s “mentality” following their Sunday 2-2 draw with league leaders
Manchester City.
Jurgen Klopp
’s side are only one point adrift of
Pep Guardiola
’s men with only seven games left in the competition.
Kevin de Bruyne
netted City’s opener early doors only for Diogo Jota to cancel it out. However,
Gabriel Jesus
gave City back their lead.
Sadio Mane
, on the other hand, pulled the game level once again to seal a point for his side.
Carragher, who played for the Reds between 1996 and 2013 in 737 games, hailed their ability to push back after being blown away by their rivals.
"
From Liverpool's point of view, the mentality to come out in the second half and turn it around after that first-half display was impressive,"
he said on
Sky Sports
.
"It looked like they didn't have any energy in the first half, but their mindset changed. I don't think they did anything particularly different. They still played a high line.
"Considering how good City were in the first half, to then come out and give that performance and match them – maybe be even better than them for the first 30 minutes in the second half – was so impressive."
The draw marked Liverpool’s fifth winless game in the league against City. Notwithstanding that, Roy Keane insisted that Klopp’s side deserved a lot of praise for their display.
"We saw today the different qualities, City outstanding first half and Liverpool showed their quality second half," he said. "All the talk was it would not be decided today [the title] but they played like it was going to be. It was like a final. I think a draw was a fair result.
"What impressed me with all these top-quality players was their desire to keep going for their win at the end. No team was going to dominate for long spells as there is so much quality on both sides.
"Liverpool showed their character in the second half. But then City had great chances as well. A great reminder to us all of what this game is about."
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