Liverpool piled on the pain for Manchester City with a 2-0 victory at Anfield to open up a nine-point lead at the top of the Premier League on Sunday after Manchester United’s new manager Ruben Amorim enjoyed an emphatic first league win.
Mohamed Salah supplied a goal and an assist as Liverpool eased to a victory which ended with the home fans taunting City boss Pep Guardiola about “getting sacked in the morning”.
Liverpool lead Arsenal by nine points after 13 games while champions City have now lost four successive Premier League games for the first time since 2008 and are down in fifth place.
Amorim’s first Premier League home game could not have gone any better as Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee both scored twice in a 4-0 drubbing of lowly Everton.
Chelsea continue to thrive under Enzo Maresca with a 3-0 home win against a struggling Aston Villa the latest evidence that the Italian might have found the right formula at Stamford Bridge. His side are joint second with Arsenal on 25 points.
Tottenham came back down to earth from their 4-0 rout of Manchester City last weekend as they could only draw 1-1 at home with Fulham who ended the match with 10 men.
Fragile City looked ripe for the taking as they headed to Anfield and so it proved as the home side dominated.
Salah set up Cody Gakpo for a tap-in after 12 minutes and but for two glaring misses by Virgil van Dijk Liverpool would have been out of sight before halftime
