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Liverpool could not believe how easy they had it when they came to play Manchester City at the Etihad last season. What a difference nine months makes.

Much has changed for the Blues in that time , as evidenced by the starting lineups. Just four of the City XI who started in a limp 2-0 defeat last February were still deemed the best option for Sunday's game, and City have obviously been bolstered by their work in the transfer market.

What will please Pep Guardiola most though is that this win was not down to signings but coaching and responsibility. A manager who spent his 1,000th game giving a detailed tactical breakdown to captain Bernardo Silva as the rest of his team were celebrating their third goal, was belatedly vindicated for saying that his squad did not need r

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