Manchester City have enjoyed an era of Premier League dominance, but in their new reality nothing is guaranteed -- not even a Champions League place.

Manchester City's eighth Premier League defeat of the season at home to Liverpool on Sunday left Pep Guardiola's side 20 points off the pace set by their opponents but of more immediate concern is making sure they qualify for the Champions League.

At the home of Manchester City, Liverpool produced a performance worthy of champions to move 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League

Liverpool manager, Arne Slot has suggested why his team defeated Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday. Slot watched as two goals from Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai gave Liverpool all three points against Pep Guardiola’s side at Etihad.

Erling Haaland was left out of the Manchester City squad for Sunday's Premier League clash with Liverpool after failing to recover from injury in time. The Norway international was an unused substitute against Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday,

Erling Haaland was not named in Manchester City's squad for their 2-0 defeat against Liverpool on Sunday owing to injury.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is unsure if Erling Haaland will be fit to face Tottenham on Wednesday. The striker was missing entirely from the City squad named to face Liverpool on Sunday, having failed to shake off the injury which also saw him sit out the loss to Real Madrid in midweek.