@Carl
The facts were disputing your claim that he loses the ball more than ever, that's all.
If you really want answers to your other questions then a lot of them are contained in here.
https://www.sofascore.com/liverpool-manchester-city/rULeaving stats out of it, I saw a player driving at Liverpool's defence in the second half looking to make things happen and they did, the opening goal came from it. He played very well, ok first half ( in which he won a pen from again driving at their defenders), excellent second half.