2) The injury to Yaya Toure…
Without taking anything away from the dogged, resilient performance of Liverpool’s central midfielders, the injury to Toure undoubtedly helped the Reds. He got taken off after 19 minutes, which helped Liverpool dominate the centre of the park in the first half. His sheer physically presence would have also been crucial to City in the second half, when they were chasing the game.
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