Jurgen Klopp tries best to keep heat off title-chasing Liverpool

Liverpool 1 Manchester City 0

But, at the end of a convincing, if not exhilarating, Liverpool performance, the extrovert German can no longer ignore the irrefutable evidence that his team are the main, if not only, challengers to Chelsea’s seemingly inevitable march towards the 2017 Premier League title.

Despite his touchline histrionics, there has surely never been a more laid-back title-bidding manager than Klopp, two times a champion in his time in Germany with Borussia Dortmund.