The 31-year-old has not required any medical treatment and the incident should not affect his availability for Saturday’s Premier League trip to Crystal Palace.

Daniel Storey looks back at the weekend's action.

Daniel Storey reviews the weekend's Premier League action.

Brazil avoided a repeat of history after beating Paraguay 4-3 on penalties and advancing to the Copa America semi-final.

Daniel Storey recaps the final weekend of the Premier League season.

Vincent Kompany struck a sensational winner as Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League with a dramatic and tense 1-0 win over Leicester.

The PFA Team of the Season was dominated by Manchester City and Liverpool players (plus Paul Pogba). But Daniel Storey's selection spreads the recognition a shade wider.

In a title race which has been billed as the heavy metal football of Liverpool against the melodious harmonies of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola’s side proved they can crank up the amps when they really need to - and the Etihad maestros must surely now be favourites to be crowned champions.

When Heung Min Son smashed home the only goal of a dramatic game, to give Spurs a precious 1-0 lead to take to Manchester next week, the roar that erupted in their magnificent new stadium would have been heard loud and clear five kilometres down the Seven Sisters Road, deep in the heart of Arsenal territory.

Manchester City are said to be eager to sign Declan Rice from West Ham.

There’s a scene in Forrest Gump where the film’s hero reacquaints himself with his old army Lieutenant Dan by throwing himself off his shrimp boat, leaving the vessel to weave around the estuary by itself.

So it’s over to you, Liverpool.

Daniel Storey looks at the five biggest takeaways from the weekend’s action.

I knew it was too good to be true. Having ended 20 league games claiming “this can’t last”, my sense of vindicating satisfaction is tingling…

One of the nice things about Graeme Souness’ stubborn refusal to sugarcoat his punditry is that he sometimes seems to forget who his lords and masters are, writes Liam Mackey.

And now for something totally unique: Manchester City v Liverpool. The earliest title decider ever seen. Well, not quite, of course. The pre-match heat, so intense and febrile, begot a match sizzling with fervour and movement, but when the mists cleared, we found that we’re all still gripped by the icy fingers of the first week of January.

Daniel Storey picks out the five biggest questions emerging after Liverpool's first loss of the season to champions Man City.

Not sure if you have noticed, but Spanish-speaking football managers like to talk about suffering. The word pops up all the time in their post-match interviews. It might be something to do with Catholicism or just a general, Pedro Almodovar heroine-style fondness for tortured emotion, writes Tommy Martin.

Were Liverpool’s last three results a reasonable pointer or yet another wicked tease for City fans used to minute crumbs from trips to this part of the world?

Manchester City 1 Lyon 2

There will be 100 Premier League players in action at the World Cup, spread across 25 international teams.

Southampton 0 Man City 1

Man City 3 Brighton 1

The celebrations started before kick-off and went on well into the balmy Manchester night at the Etihad Stadium yesterday as Pep Guardiola was finally able to place his hands on the Premier League trophy.

West Ham 1 Manchester City 4: With a century of goals and a host of records set to tumble before the curtain falls on their title-winning campaign, Manchester City’s season continues to set new standards, which manager Pep Guardiola believes will mark them out as the best team in Premier League history.

Manchester City have earned the ultimate collective prize for a remarkable season and their players will lift the Premier League trophy on Sunday when they face Swansea City at the Etihad.

Our man inside the game says that Wayne Rooney has long been finished as a top player

Agree with him or not, our man inside the game would pay to listen to Mourinho.

Pep Guardiola will not rush Benjamin Mendy back for Manchester City, however keen the Frenchman is to play.

Pep Guardiola is confident Sunday’s Carabao Cup success will not affect his players’ focus as they return to Premier League action.

The period 1991 to 2006 will probably carry little significance to most people reading these words, but in that not inconsiderable time frame, Manchester City registered precisely zero victories over Arsenal. To say the Gunners had become a bogey team was to massively misunderstand the word bogey.

Ilkay Gundogan scored twice as Manchester City put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Sergio Aguero scored four times as Premier League leaders Manchester City showed Riyad Mahrez what he is missing in a 5-1 thrashing of Leicester.

Bernardo Silva believes Manchester City are being unfairly targeted for some rough treatment by opponents.

He may have lost Leroy Sane to injury and been priced out of his quest for Riyad Mahrez but if that represented a bad week for Pep Guardiola in his Manchester City wonderland, normal service was quickly resumed on the field last night.

Cardiff City 0 Manchester City 2: Pep Guardiola called for players to get better protection after Leroy Sane was left facing a spell on the sidelines following the FA Cup win at Cardiff.

Man City 3 - Newcastle 1: When it comes to Manchester City, the rest of the Premier League has quite the conundrum to contend with at the moment.

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Manchester City extended their record winning streak to 18 games and moved 15 points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League.

The halfway point of the Premier League campaign dovetails nicely with Christmas so the time has come to provide a little festive cheer by handing out some imaginary mid-season awards

The Belgium playmaker still has more than three years to run on his present deal.

Swansea 0 - Man City 4: Manchester City set a new Premier League record of 15 consecutive wins with a 4-0 victory at bottom club Swansea last night.