Jamie Carragher has shared a damning Arne Slot verdict<\/a>, while the Reds\u2019 Champions League hopes are fading.<\/p>\n Who was Liverpool\u2019s best player during the breathless defeat against Man City? <\/p>\n Liverpool actually led the match until the 84th minute, when Bernardo Silva equalised.<\/p>\n Erling Haaland then scored a penalty in injury time before Dominik Szoboszlai was sent off<\/a>.<\/p>\n Milos Kerkez says Alisson can be blamed after Manchester City<\/p>\n Fans praised Milos Kerkez<\/a> during Sunday\u2019s encounter, suggesting he was having a good game.<\/p>\n But the Hungarian has now given a negative verdict on Liverpool\u2019s backline after they conceded twice late on.<\/p>\n In an interview with Viaplay Football<\/a>, he said there was a lack of communication for City\u2019s first of the day.<\/p>\n He then suggested that Alisson<\/a>, who gave away the spot-kick that allowed Haaland to win the match, could be blamed.<\/p>\n Kerkez said: \u201cThe first goal was defensively not really talking, no communication, and you can put the goal on Ali [Alisson] from the penalty.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is what it is. It happens. Disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n Had Alisson not given away the penalty, Liverpool may well have come away with a point, or even a win.<\/p>\n How many points are we getting from the next five? \ud83d\ude11 <\/p>\n But as Virgil van Dijk<\/a> said to Sky Sports News<\/a> post-match, the mistake from the Liverpool goalkeeper was a big turning point.<\/p>\n He stated: \u201cWe have only ourselves to blame. The penalty moment was the deciding moment, and that is the reality.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to turn attention to Sunderland because that will be a big challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n The Dutchman also commented on Liverpool\u2019s performance: \u201cWe weren\u2019t good enough in the first half, in the second half we were much better.\u201d<\/p>\n Next up is a meeting with Sunderland on Wednesday, and another defeat could see Liverpool move eight points behind Manchester United in the battle for fourth.<\/p>\n Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n Receive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u2019s poor run of results in the Premier League continued with a 2-1 defeat to Manchester City. Unfortunately,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[202240,51800,403,99],"class_list":["post-457662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-alisson-becker","tag-milos-kerkez","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Liverpool](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2260557372-1024x673.jpg\")
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Photo Credit: Getty Images Virgil van Dijk says penalty decided Liverpool vs Man City<\/p>\n