Daniel Storey: Manchester City and Leicester City were the real winners on Sunday

Liverpool did at least attempt to play on the front foot in the opening 45 minutes, but were undone by disappointing final balls and sloppy touches
Roberto Firmino: The Brazilian has never been a natural finisher and Klopp will rue that both of Liverpool’s best chances on Sunday fell to him. 

Roberto Firmino: The Brazilian has never been a natural finisher and Klopp will rue that both of Liverpool’s best chances on Sunday fell to him.
 

Both teams ultimately happy with a point earned

With the benefit of hindsight, this was an entirely predictable result. If the sluggish nature of the play, with both sides happy to sit on the point they had, was a little dispiriting, again it is easily explained. Had you offered both Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jurgen Klopp a point pre-kick off, we need not have watched what followed.

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