Assured Liverpool toyed with the second best team in the country

You can fully understand why Pep Guardiola and his backroom staff were raging. It did indeed look like Trent Alexander-Arnold handled the ball in the penalty area, and slow-motion replays hardly seemed to help Michael Oliver or VAR’s explanation that his arm was not in an unnatural position.

But from then on, Liverpool played like champions elect. Their counter-attacking ability is truly phenomenal. The attacking intent from both full-backs is like nothing we have ever seen in the Premier League,particularly when switching the ball with their accurate crossfield passes. The front three has long been the best in the country; nothing changes there.