The only team to have taken the Premier League trophy away from Manchester City for a while in the last five years are Liverpool. Regardless of the way their season started, City boss Pep Guardiola spoke of the Merseysiders as their main rivals ahead of the match played at Anfield on Sunday, and the game provided the reasons why for those who still weren t convinced.
Liverpool still a force to be reckoned with
This match always felt likely to be defined by Liverpool and the way they would enter it, for all the quality shown this term by City. The defending champions have been mostly consistent, their attacks sublime and finishing deadly, and had Liverpool entered the contest like they did several times since the start of term, there was a real possibility they would get hammer…