Chris Sutton believes one Manchester City player has completely ‘lost it’ after his performance against Liverpool.
Manchester City could only draw against Liverpool in the massive clash in the Premier League title race on Sunday.
Pep Guardiola’s side did manage to take the lead at Anfield after John Stones turned home Kevin De Bruyne’s genius corner.
But Liverpool came roaring back in the second half and soon levelled things with an Alexis Mac Allister penalty.
The Merseyside outfit continued to dominate after the break, penning City deep into their own half and creating several golden chances.
Thankfully, they were unable to take any of them and City escaped with a point to remain firmly in the hunt for top spot.
It was a difficult afternoon for Erling Haaland, who was largely starved of service as City struggled to get on the ball.
Chris Sutton believes the performance shows he is not as good as he used to be.
Chris Sutton on Erling Haaland
Sutton was talking on Fantasy 606 when it was put to him he had made a mistake by not selecting Haaland in his Fantasy Football team.
His co-host said: “The only issue obviously is you’ve got no Haaland.
“And that is going to bite you in the back end of the season.”
To which Sutton replied: “Did you watch him at the weekend? He’s lost it. He’s lost it.”
Harsh criticism for Haaland
Haaland has come in for a fair amount of criticism following City’s draw with Liverpool, which was hardly a bad result given their struggles at Anfield.
Yet, much of the fault-finding has been misplaced. Yes, Haaland struggled to be involved and only managed one shot on target but there’s not much more he could have done.
Liverpool marshalled him well and City could hardly get out of their own half after the break, let alone find the Norwegian sensation in good positions.
But on the few occasions Haaland did get on the ball, he was effective.
The £51m signing managed to charge past Virgil van Dijk to get a shot away and he was the one who set up Jeremy Doku to hit the post.
Had the winger’s shot been an inch to the left, we’d be discussing how effective Haaland was with limited service rather than calling him for such little involvement.
