Huh? The pressed and countered on us loads at Anfield, particularly in the early stages. Obviously the scoreline meant the need to do so lessened as the game wore on, but it was exactly how they played against Everton and exactly how I expected them to play against us.
Matic and Luiz played against Palace, Matic and Ramirez play virtually every game together including against Villa and they play a similar role to Luiz. You can't compare smaller games and bigger games anyway, the dynamics means it's practically impossible to play with the same approach.
Against bigger sides you know what they will do, City will try and play their own game, Wenger wants us to impose our game, Mourinho want's the stop the opposition and kill them on the counter, Rodgers wants to blitz teams. Textbook stuff.