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Liverpool had no solutions for the myriad problems Manchester City served them on Saturday afternoon as they overturned the visitors in a 4-0 win that looked the model of a classy team performance.
Although the Reds were first off the mark, with Mohamed Salah's gutsy strike imbuing Jurgen Klopp's side with confidence, Julian Alvarez's goal just before the half-hour mark raised the alarm.
After half time, City swept Jurgen Klopp's players aside as Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, and Jack Grealish added to their tally, and Liverpool's near-eight year hunt for a Premier League win at the Etihad rolls on.
Here, Sportsmail's JOE BERNSTEIN reviews some of the aspects of the match you might have missed.
Jack Grealish pulled off one of his finest performances in sky blue as league action returned
Nobody told the many Japanese fans outside the Etihad wearing half-and-half scarves about the recent toxicity of this fixture. There were hugs between club officials as well to lighten the mood but police weren’t taking any chances with lines of extra officers standing either side of the section of Liverpool fans in the upper tier to act as a deterrent for rival supporters coming together
Those fans ended up behaving better than the players who were quick to surround referee Simon Hooper at every opportunity, particularly Liverpool led by skipper Jordan Henderson after Rodri wasn’t given a second yellow card for fouling Cody Gakpo. A significant proportion of the travelling support were so disgusted by their team’s second-half collapse, they left once the scoreline had reached 4-1.
