There will be hand-wringing in Liverpool quarters given the questionable calls in the first half of the Reds’ loss to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, and rightly so, but that grumbling only serve as a distraction the main takeaway from the game.

Manchester City are back.

That statement is a bit ironic for two reasons. One is that they aren’t back to their very best because that very best was perhaps the second-best club season this century (the first also authored by Pep Guardiola at Barcelona).

The second bit of irony is that Man City are back as Premier League title contenders and back on top of Liverpool via the help of one of Jurgen Klopp’s main lieutenants. Yes, it helps that Erling Haaland is finishing chances for fun but the Citizens look invigorated in the final

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