Me and Sam talked about this in today's podcast, but I think it's worth making a point out of it on here, too. Goals two and three for City yesterday came about through Liverpool mistakes, but there's the suggestion they were 'unforced errors' - which they plainly aren't. https://twitter.com/DavidMooney/status/1358778408591843328

When you think of City's pressing, you think of Bernardo, Sterling, Foden et al swarming the opposition. They either win the ball back in a dangerous area, or they force them to punt it long to nobody or straight out of play. Ultimately, somewhere, City get the ball back.

They didn't do this at Anfield. Liverpool - the full backs and Alisson especially - are more than comfortable to be put under that kind of harrying pressure. All it does it leave space for Liverpool's front players to pick up any forward passes and gets them in on City's defence.

Instead, City's forwards didn't pressure the defenders or goalkeeper into a hurried pass - they gave them more time than usual, but held a position that gave them no options to pass to.

The best example was Alisson's first error - Jesus could have charged him down, but he accepted the goalkeeper would pass it past him if he did. Instead, he held and held his position, edging closer, forcing the keeper into a terrible pass to his right.

Look at where Jesus is when Alisson receives the ball in the first still - and where he stops his pressing run in the second. He holds position to cut off the short pass into the midfield in the third still, then in the fourth he presses once Alisson has picked a longer pass.

Because Jesus is in a position to either block that longer pass, Alisson pulls out - but now he's got a problem: Jesus is on top of him. Instead, he flicks the ball to his right towards Fabinho, who has to sprint across to get there. Sterling steps up to stop another short pass.

That clearance presented the ball straight back to City - though they couldn't get hold of it and it bounced free for Fabinho to knock back to Alisson again. This time, instead of waiting and letting City block off those avenues, he tried to lift it over Foden to Robertson.

But as soon as the ball was knocked back, Foden began to drop towards the flank where Robertson was holding the touchline midway into his own half. Bernardo makes that same move in that first example with Jesus's press, which stopped Alisson from trying the pass.

That second time, City kept hold of the ball and Foden did superbly to put it on a plate for Gundogan. It was really clever pressing, almost accepting that it was more important to give Liverpool no options to pass to than it was to give them no time on the ball.

I'll leave the rest of the tactical analysis to @city_tactics in future, though. Not after stealing anyone's schtick!

Except @StatCity's schtick. I'm coming for you, Adam.