A 3-0 Champions League quarter-final first-leg loss on Merseyside showed Pep Guardiola's side learned nothing from their last loss to Liverpool
In the build-up to their Champions League quarter-final with Liverpool, Manchester City worked tirelessly to avoid the kind of disastrous 10-minute spell which cost them three goals in 10 minutes in the league meeting at Anfield in January.
They worked on complex, ever-changing formations, on more direct passing, and Pep Guardiola tended towards the “safe” option he uses in the biggest game; playing an extra central player instead of a winger.
But it all failed.