What is it like to have a pit teammate around? If you throw this question at Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, captain Yaya Toure and others, they may tell you in unison - it is quite exciting!

Who is this pit teammate?

Mangala.

City's two goals conceded in the first half were related to Mangala, the second was when he 'accidentally' collided with Yaya Toure, causing the final defence to collapse, and the first goal was scored by himself.

However, Mangala's poor performance in this game is not over.

In the thirty-first minute of the game, Jiang Chenxi suddenly switched positions with Firmino, he came to the side, dodged the pass and passed low in front of the goal, Firmino slid in front of the goal, unfortunately and the football was not the same, but Mangala, who was defending in the middle, inexplicably grabbed with goalkeeper Joe Hart, and the two collided, almost giving Firmino a chance to make up for it.

However, Liverpool's side also had a 'pit' performance.

Manchester City, who had fallen into passivity in the first half, pulled a goal back in the 41st minute of the first half, it was Lovren's clearance that was a little too casual, his clearance did not kick far, Kolarov's header pushed the ball back, Aguero took the ball, got rid of Lovren in front of the penalty area, and pulled a beautiful arc with his right foot.

“Gooooooooooooaaaaaaal！”

"One to two! Aguero! A beautiful goal from the Argentine, he pulled one back for Manchester City! ”

'It was a crucial goal and City kept their hopes alive for a second-half comeback!'

Manuel Pellegrini applauded on the sidelines and cheered for the goal, 1-2, pulled one goal back, and if he was only one goal behind, there was still hope for Manchester City in the second half!

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The City fans in the stands at the Etihad Stadium finally erupted in cheers and applause, and to be honest, the mood of the City fans was extremely depressed before the goal came out, and some pessimistic fans were even worried that their team would suffer a demoralizing defeat in this game.

Well, now City pulled a goal back and they see hope again.

Although Klopp regretted the goal, he was not too angry, Manchester City is the leader, the strength is there, and he is mentally prepared to be scored by Manchester City.

Manchester City rallied back to Liverpool as they looked to equalise before half-time.

Manchester City's attack was fierce, and at one point pressed Liverpool to the half.

However, a careless halt from Mangala almost wiped out City's recent goalscoring efforts.

It happened in first-half stoppage time, when Mangala picked up the ball at the back and faced his own goal, not knowing what was going on in the Frenchman's mind, and did not deal with the ball decisively.

Mangala was thinking about life, Jiang Chenxi would not let go of such an opportunity, he snatched it up from behind, which scared Mangala, he was very embarrassed and hurriedly kicked the football out of the sideline with a big foot, causing a dead ball, but the Manchester City fans in the stands had already been shocked into a cold sweat, Mangala's 'thinking life' just now was almost robbed by Jiang Chenxi and got a single chance.

You must know that at this time, Manchester City is pressing hard, once the ball is lost in the backfield and is single-knifed, especially when the ball is broken to get a single-knife chance point or Jiang Chenxi, the consequences are really unimaginable.

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At the end of the first half, Manchester City pulled a goal back from 2-0 down, and finally at half-time the home team Manchester City was 2-1 down to the away team Liverpool.

In Liverpool's dressing room, although the team was pulled back by Manchester City in the second half of the first half, everyone was in a good mood and seemed quite relaxed.

Because in the first half, Manchester City had a much bigger advantage than the score suggested, they dominated most of the game and everyone was confident of winning this game.

In particular, Manchester City's defence, especially their centre-back Mangala, was 'pleasantly surprised' by Liverpool's players today, and sure enough, as the manager said, the French centre-back is prone to making mistakes under pressure and pressing: an own goal, a knock over a team-mate who has returned to the defence, and Liverpool's two goals are attributed to Mangala.

Not only those two goals conceded, but Mangala also made a number of mistakes at the defensive end in the first half, which can be said to be the scene of a car accident.

His teammates patted Jiang Chenxi on the shoulder and praised him vigorously, saying that he was about to cast a shadow on the mangala.

Jurgen Klopp was also pleased with the atmosphere in the team, the game went more smoothly than he expected, and of course, Lovren was to blame for the goal he conceded in the first half, and Klopp was unceremoniously criticised the Croatian before he began to plan for the second half.

"The first half was basically good." Klopp said, "However, in the second half of the game, be careful of Manchester City's counterattack. ”

"We're trying to score another goal in the first fifteen minutes of the second half and that will break the morale of the Man City people!"

"Mangala's defense zone is still our attacking focus! The French are having problems mentally and emotionally, and now, all we have to do is push harder! ”

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In the Manchester City dressing room, the atmosphere was a little more solemn.

Raheem Sterling sat in his seat, a little dazed, and for most of the rest of the first half, apart from a little bit of activity at the start of the game, he 'almost disappeared', in the words of the commentator.

Liverpool's players are well aware of Sterling's characteristics and have a plan for any defence Sterling.

In addition, there is another point, Manchester City did not take back the initiative throughout the first half of the game, the initiative was held by Liverpool, and the game also entered the rhythm of Liverpool, which made it difficult for Manchester City to play the football they are familiar with at the offensive end, even if there was a chance to counterattack, it was more like playing anywhere, in this case, the performance of Sterling, who was focused on defense, will only get worse and worse.

Aguero didn't speak, he was the best performance of the Manchester City team in the first half, and there was a goal in the account, but Aguero played very aggrieved in the whole first half, the team's attack was not smooth, he felt lonely in front of him, and the goal did not come from Liverpool's initiative to create an offensive cooperation, from Liverpool's own clearance mistakes, of course, this also shows that Aguero's ability to seize opportunities is very strong.

This kind of dreary atmosphere is not good.

Manuel Pellegrini slapped his hands and cheered for his players: "This is our home stadium and we have to beat them!" We are the leaders and we must not give them another chance!! ”

Pellegrini then began to talk about the tactics of the second half and what to look out for.

Some players looked up at Manlegrini and then at Mangala.

If you don't replace that guy, it's useless to say anything.

He knew that the performance in today's game was definitely not the real strength of Mangala, but, the problem is, Mangala's performance today was simply terrible.