Liverpool were cast aside by Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon, with the visitors succumbing to a 3–0 defeat at the Etihad.
Some suggested that the champions had gotten over their autumnal blip after winning back-to-back games, but their performance in Manchester was pitiful, particularly in the first half.
The Reds improved after the restart, having fallen 2–0 behind on the stroke of half-time, but Jérémy Doku’s sumptuous strike from range after the hour mark killed the contest and allowed chants of “Blue Moon” to ring around a jubilant Etihad.
It was thus City who took advantage of Arsenal’s slip-up at Sunderland, with Liverpool now eight points adrift of the Gunners in eighth.
