Manchester City striker’s all-round game isn’t great but he is still the top scorer in the Premier League
Ken Early
Columnist
England calmly and methodically won the game despite a late barrage inspired by Megan Campbell’s long throw-ins
The Manchester United-Liverpool match was far more entertaining than the nullity of Manchester City v Arsenal, but which team do you think will win the title?
Guardiola’s team are sluggish and have won only three of their last six in the league. This is not the kind of surge you expect from them at this point in the season
Typical of these encounters, there were few chances with Xherdan Shaqiri’s free-kick the crucial moment
From the interim manager’s point of view, this might have been just a winning goal short of perfection
This could have been a big week for the FAI – new season, new coach, new sponsor, new start
If any fool could see that Liverpool’s players have played more games than they can handle why did Klopp play so many first team players on Thursday?
Dramatic match left title race in balance and reminded Liverpool fans how hard Jürgen Klopp will be to replace
FAI’s technical director Marc Canham gave the impression that he has a new permanent manager already lined up
For United, there was a quiet pride in only having lost 3-1. That’s where United are now – thinking that at least it wasn’t 6-1
Jurgen Klopp has built a dream factory at Liverpool and his understrength side showed the belief to prove more than a match for big-spending Chelsea
It might be a risk to entrust the team to a coach with limited experience at the top level, but all options are risky when you have to replace Klopp
Van Dijk had a poor outing at the Emirates and Liverpool fans must hope his head has not been scrambled by the uncertainty clouding the club's future
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