City Haunted by Recovery.

Manchester City are still strong in the cage . Liverpool who became a ninth this season was forced to its knees .
The Red -dub Liverpool failed to bring home the points after defeated City 1-2 ( 1-2 ) .
Liverpool had opened the expectation as the first team to tarnish City home record.
That came on the heels goals are nested Philippe Coutinho in the 24th minute , but Vincent Kompany 's header ( 31 ' ) and Alvaro Negredo hard kick ( 45 ' ) forcing Brendan Rodgers and his troops go home with their heads bowed .
As a result , Luis Suarez and his friends who had topped the Premier League standings now had slipped into the top four .
Instead, the City stepped up to the runner - up with a collection of 38 points or 1 point difference with Arsenal standings .
" This is a very important victory for Liverpool the best team in the Premier League and at the peak before the game . They would excel 4 points above us that win , " said City manager Manuel Pellegrini told Sky Sport .
" It is important that we showed character to come from behind and win the fight . 's Not easy when you face a team that is difficult , especially in a counter-attack , and you 're behind 0-1 , " he said .
Former Malaga architect was asked his players to focus immediately following the match , the host Crystal Palace at the Etihad .
Pellegrini had complained about the tight schedule is Boxing Day , because after all out against Liverpool , practically City only has recovery for 46 hours to face Palace .
"I do not know if stupid is the right word , but playing with a lag time of 46 hours from one game to another game is definitely not a good thing for the players , " complained the Chilean coach .
" We have to go back to the hotel to recover . We 're close to the top of the table , but we have to face Crystal Palace no more than 46 hours .
Arsenal also face a hard game against Newcastle. So we'll see what happens later ," he said.
Meanwhile Brendan Rodgers complained of lack of coordination in defense, especially in the first half.
He also acknowledged the solid City defense raised quartet Pablo Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott and Aleksandar Kolarov Jolean.
The four were not let Suarez move much. That's the first time in the last five games Suarez failed to score.
"The enthusiasm and our attitude was scored., But when you've got 3 or 4 minutes left into the break, it is important to control the game and we did not do well enough in that period," said Rodgers. Thank you for reading this article.
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DatePublished: December 29, 2013 at 00:04
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