I saw Pep Guardiola team talk that showed two Man City players didn't understand roles vs Liverpool

Manchester City missed out on the chance to go third in the Premier League as they were beaten 2-0 by Liverpool at the Etihad, with Arne Slot's team strengthening their grip on the title race.

City had started the game brightly, but they were their own worst enemy defensively and handed Liverpool two soft first-half goals. A well-worked corner allowed Mohamed Salah to score the opener before the Egyptian broke away down the right and squared for Dominik Szoboszlai to double the lead.

Pep Guardiola's men enjoyed plenty of territory, but they struggled to create any meaningful chances against a well-organised defence, with Erling Haaland's absence hitting them hard. Here are the moments you might have missed from the Eithad.

Guardiola's team talk

When Alexis Mac Allister went down to get treatment after Omar Marmoush's disallowed goal, Guardiola had an opportunity to get his players together, and he called all 11 of them to the touchline for an impromptu team talk.

There were some detailed instructions for Marmoush and Phil Foden, in particular, while Nathan Ake was also dragged in closer for some instructions. It looked like an unusual conversation to group centre-back Ake with the most attacking outlets in the team, but Guardiola had clearly seen something in the way he wanted his side to get the ball forward.

He was using Marmoush and Foden as a pair of false nines but the chemistry wasn't quite there. Too often they were doing the same thing, with both either playing high or both dropping deep and leaving no focal point in attack. Individually they looked bright, but it didn't help City to play well.

Offside reactions

It's fair to say Liverpool overdid the celebrations in front of the away end when Curtis Jones