Liverpool stun Manchester City; Leicester on top

Their misery was compounded nine minutes from time when Martin Skrtel blasted past Joe Hart from the edge of the box, meaning City now sit third behind rivals Manchester United and shock leaders Leicester City.

Even the much-maligned Dejan Lovren looked in good form, in one of the most complete Liverpool performances in recent times, in which it would be hard to single out one under-performer.

Manchester United traded at 10-1 in-play against Watford before a Troy Deeney own goal gave them a 2-1 win at Watford but Arsenal slipped to a 2-1 defeat at West Brom.

“It’s a very important thing in football and the better your opponent is the more important it gets that you do things like this”, Klopp explained, as quoted by Liverpool’s official website. Liverpool went ahead in the seventh minute after Coutinho dispossessed Sagna and found Firmino, whose low cross was inadvertently scuffed in at the near post by the back-pedalling Mangala.

The Reds were highly impressive on Saturday evening, as they put in a top display to secure a 4-1 win.

Liverpool were aware of City’s goal scoring threat possessed by the likes of Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne in their squad.

“Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: “It feels flawless”.

“It is important we keep this going now and it is a great start to a period where we have a lot of games”. “If it was the best I’m not so sure because I don’t really compare games”.

– Liverpool have scored as many goals in their last two away Premier League games (7) as they managed in their 11 before that.

The hosts were second to the ball throughout the game and conceded possession with worrying frequency, while Pellegrini was correct to assert that his side “could have conceded at least three or four more”.

“It was far from ideal but was very good, we took our chances and made our goals”.

The Brazilian linked up well with compatriot Roberto Firmino in the Liverpool attack yesterday, with the pair tearing the home side’s defence to ribbons.

Klopp told reporters: “I hope [he] is well enough”.

“They knew that City would spread their full-backs wide and their wingers would go wide too, meaning the two centre-backs and central midfielders could get isolated”.