Manchester United legend Gary Neville says Pep Guardiola made two costly mistakes with his team selection against Liverpool.
Manchester City, the defending Premier League champions, were beaten 2-0 by table-topping Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.
The Reds now have a commanding 11-point lead over City, with just 13 matches played.
Guardiola was clearly irked during the match and responded to chants of: ‘You’re getting sacked in the morning’ from Liverpool fans by putting up six fingers, in reference to the amount of Premier League titles he’s won.
But Neville says the Spaniard contributed to City’s defeat with his team selection and says picking Rico Lewis and Matheus Nunes was a mistake.
‘I thought Liverpool would win today. City have been awful,’ Neville told SkySports.
‘They looked beaten. The team selection of Pep Guardiola…we can say he’s a genius, he’s amazing, he’s one of the greatest minds of all time and say, I don’t think he got it right, without being disrespectful. Just an observation.
‘We saw Rico Lewis play in front of Kyle Walker last weekend at Tottenham. It didn’t work. How was Nunes going to work on this left-hand side in a flat midfield four? Again, it didn’t work.
‘He substituted them both after an hour so it’s obvious it didn’t work. There were things that were wrong for City from the very, very start of the game.
‘I was amazed how they set up. But today Liverpool become huge title favourites.’
City face Nottingham Forest at home in their next game, while Liverpool travel away to Newcastle United.