Manchester City are far from their best but Liverpool still had a job to do at the Etihad, where they had not won in the league since 2015. With Arsenal losing at home against West Ham on Saturday, Liverpool had the chance to make their lead at the top of the table even more intimidating.

A top-four finish in the Premier League is now City's only route to Europe's top table after Real Madrid won the latest battle in the long-running war, coming up trumps 6-3 on aggregate in their knockout round playoff as the mesmerising Kylian Mbappe claimed a second-leg hat-trick.

At the home of Manchester City, Liverpool produced a performance worthy of champions to move 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League