Manchester City supporters were incredibly disappointed to suffer defeat in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday, understandably so.
Missing out on the chance to play in the final and losing to a rival like Liverpool on such a big stage, is always going to hurt. City have now lost three consecutive FA Cup semi-finals, and have lost on each of their past three appearances at Wembley Stadium.
Worse than that, though, was the manor of this latest defeat. Pep Guardiola's side were abject in the first half, unable to escape Liverpool's aggressive press and blunt in attack. Two of the goals were completely avoidable too — City's failure to properly mark known aerial threat Ibrahima Konate from a corner was compounded by Zack Steffen's horrendous error that gifted Sadio Mane his first goal.
