article_snippet: Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher described City’s lack of control in that area as ‘embarrassing’.
article_snippet: That may be overstating it but City continue to be undone the same way in too many big games.
article_snippet: Having said that, it took a heck of a goal to win this.
article_snippet: The goal, though, was something else.
article_snippet: A right-foot shot from the angle of the box, it was so perfect in angle and trajectory that Joe Hart, though Joe Hart had plenty of time to see it, had absolutely no chance of stopping it.
article_snippet: Manchester City had started the brighter of the sides and could have taken the lead when Yaya Toure chipped a cute ball over the top for Zabaleta to volley over.
article_snippet: Then, moments later, Adam Lallana lashed the ball into the net from an angle, only to be ruled offside.
article_snippet: Seregio Aguero fires in a shot under pressure from Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana as both sides looked to edge in front .
article_snippet: Seregio Aguero did race through to strike a post but at the other end Alberto Moreno wasted one chance and Raheem Sterling — once again playing as a centre forward Raheem Sterling — ran on to a Coutinho pass to mug Toure and slide a cross-shot wide.
article_snippet: City, though, looked dangerous when they moved forwards and after Coutinho had erred for once by presenting a clearance to Zabaleta in the 26th minute, the visitors moved through the gears, enabling Edin Dzeko to run on to Seregio Aguero’s neat through pass and beat Simon Mignolet with Simon Mignolet right foot.
article_snippet: Lallana screwed a chance wide late in the first half following Lazar Markovic’s lovely chip, while Seregio Aguero and Sterling missed opportunities at the start of the second period that Aguero and Sterling perhaps should have taken.
article_snippet: Beyond Coutinho’s goal, City did raise Aguero and Sterling a little.
article_snippet: David Silva slashed a chance wide after a buccaneering Toure run while Seregio Aguero did likewise.
article_snippet: At the Kop End, meanwhile, Sturridge ran clear but could not convert.