Milner admits Liverpool display was not their best

James Milner admitted it was not Liverpool’s prettiest display of the season after they ground out a 1-0 win against Manchester City.

Georginio Wijnaldum’s first-half header proved to be the difference between the two teams at Anfield as Liverpool remain six points behind leaders Chelsea.

And Milner was relieved to get the three points despite his side not being able to play their usual fast style against Pep Guardiola’s side.

“Obviously it’s a tough game against a top team so it’s just about the result really,” he said.

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“It’s probably one of our worst performances for how we want to play this season but a very different and gutsy performance. (There was ) great defending from everyone throughout the pitch and I thought we ground out the result and you have to do that.

“We didn’t execute as we would have liked and didn’t get on the front foot as much as we would have liked. Credit to them, they stopped us playing, they caused us problems and they’re a good team.

“You can’t always win games the way you like to and play flowing football, its about grinding out those results when you’re not at your best and I think that’s a massive victory for us tonight.”