What on Earth Did You Go to Man City For?

Man City's 4–0 thrashing of Liverpool at home not only sent shockwaves through the entire English football scene, but also stunned European football. Major media outlets and fans around the world all turned their attention to it.

This once again proved one rule: wherever Su Dong went, that was where the spotlight fell!

Returning to the match itself, Liverpool manager Hodgson faced a torrent of criticism after the game. In particular, the 4-4-2 formation he deployed against Man City made him the target of everyone's complaints.

In this battle between the two managers, Hodgson suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of rookie Guardiola.

More importantly, in this highly anticipated clash between center-forwards, Torres had been extremely lackluster, looking as though he were sleepwalking.

Even Liverpool's local newspaper, the Echo, was deeply disappointed with Torres's performance.

"When the team needed him most, Torres failed to step forward as he had before. Instead, he became lost in Man City's forest of possession and could no longer find his direction."

That was also the outside world's assessment of Hodgson's performance in this match. Liverpool had simply failed to find a way to threaten their opponents amid Man City's passing and possession game, and could only resist passively time and again.

After the match, Sky Sports rated the players from both teams. Torres received the second-lowest rating of the game: five points.

Liverpool had a total of six players who received five points. That was already an awful score.

Interestingly, Glen Johnson, Skrtel, Carragher, and Agger all received five points. The four of them happened to make up an entire back line, and their evaluations were basically identical: the match had been extremely difficult for them.

The lowest-rated player was Liverpool's left winger Jovanovic. His performance on the left could no longer be