However, it was the Liverpool winger who produced the first killer moment of the match to put his team potentially on course for an 11-point lead in the Premier League title race (at the time of writing).

Salah just too hot for Ake to handle
Most players in Salah’s position when he took possession of the ball wouldn’t have even made it beyond the halfway line before either running the ball out of play or being tackled by their opponent, but Liverpool’s number 11 is a class above.

Ake didn’t even do anything notably wrong, trying to apply pressure on the Egyptian as best as he could, but he had no answer to the 32-year-old putting on the afterburners.

That moment was just what the Reds needed after a strong start to the game from Man City, with Jeremy Doku looking particularly dangerous on the left flank up against Trent Alexander-Arnold.