Sane sets up title race to savour

And then there were four. Four points between Liverpool and Manchester City at the top of a Premier League title race that was gifted new life at the start of a new year, with a victory last night that may one day look like the most significant of Pep Guardiola’s English career.

But consider the fine margins, the inch of the football which failed to cross the City goalline, with the game still scoreless after 17 minutes, and which proved a turning point for the night and, who knows, the destiny of the 2019 Premier League crown.