Liverpool FC star makes honest admission after Man City loss as Premier League title verdict made

Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Sunday, April 2.

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota admitted it is difficult to explain what happened when Manchester City took the lead at the start of the second half before scoring two further goals to complete a 4-1 victory.

It was Jota running onto a Trent Alexander-Arnold through ball that got Liverpool in behind the City backline and allowed the 26-year-old international time to hold off Manuel Akanji to set up Mohamed Salah for the opening goal of the game. Julian Alvarez equalised inside ten minutes after being assisted by Jack Grealish to restore parity heading into half-time.

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In what the Portugal international has dubbed the decisive moment, Kevin De Bruyne converted a Riyad Mahrez cross inside a minute of action resuming before Ilkay Gundogan fired in a third seven minutes later. Jota has since attempted to explain what went wrong.

"The decisive moment was the beginning of the second half when they scored two goals very quickly and swung the balance in their favour," the Liverpool forward told Viaplay after the match. "We scored first, we could've managed the game better, it is what it is, and with that second half, we let them take the game and the three points."

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Former Chelsea and England defender Gary Cahill believes Manchester City's squad depth will allow them to cope with the demands of the title race and beat Arsenal to top spot.

City briefly closed the gap on Arsenal to five points yesterday by beating Liverpool 4-1, although the Gunners re-established an eight-point lead a couple of hours later by beating Leeds United by the same scoreline. Pep