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🆕 Fresh analysis! 🙌 Manchester City beat champions Liverpool to move further ahead of Leicester City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Wolves. Our professional coaches assess what unfolded at the Etihad 👇

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Manchester City were organised into their favoured 4-3-3 formation; on this occasion Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus formed their front three #MANLIV

While they were defending that 4-3-3 became a 4-4-2, through Kevin De Bruyne advancing to alongside Jesus, and Foden and Sterling withdrawing into midfield #MANLIV

Foden, De Bruyne, Rodri and Ilkay Gündogan formed a midfield box to encourage four-on-threes against their opponents there #MANLIV

A further approached involved Gündogan withdrawing into central defence, and De Bruyne to alongside Rodri, when they sought to build possession #MANLIV

Liverpool remained in their preferred 4-3-3 formation and, despite having already secured the title, retained perhaps their strongest XI #MANLIV

Their potent front three, Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané, adopted narrower positions in their attempts to prioritise running in behind City’s defence #MANLIV

A regular move involved Trent Alexander-Arnold playing an early, long, diagonal pass behind that defence and towards Mané #MANLIV

Liverpool’s attempts to advance beyond City’s front two led to Fabinho withdrawing into defence, but a lack of movement meant they often struggled with the phase beyond that #MANLIV