Manchester City's winless run continues after the four-in-a-row Premier League winners were second best at Anfield, falling to a 2-0 defeat to Liverpool

Engulfed by strife, Pep Guardiola can do little but resort to the antics of a man who is his antithesis. The six-fingered salute Guardiola performed as a rebuke to Liverpool fans, denoting six titles in seven years to confound their taunts that he would be “sacked in the morning”,