Liverpool 3-1 Manchester City

Liverpool powered to an 11th win in 12 Premier League games this season as they beat Manchester City 3-1 at Anfield on Sunday.

First-half goals from Fabinho and Mohamed Salah were added to by Sadio Mane shortly after the restart, and the Reds saw it out despite a late response via Bernardo Silva.

Here are five talking points from a fantastic victory…

Fabinho’s rocket

Liverpool’s No.3 doesn’t score often.

Indeed, Fabinho’s tally for the club before the clash with City stood at precisely one – a late header to wrap up a comfortable home win last Boxing Day.

But when a clearance fell to him outside the area in the sixth minute and the crowd urged a shot from distance, he obliged with a hit of supreme accuracy.

Using the City defenders between him and goal as a guide, Fabinho walloped a perfect strike inside the left post to announce lift-off for Liverpool.

The blast was the Reds’ ninth goal from outside the box in all competitions this season, more than any other Premier League side.

‘It’s part of our game…’

At his pre-match press conference, Jürgen Klopp was asked about the influence of full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson on the way Liverpool play.

“You have to be really strong on the wings, however you do it, because the goal is in the centre of the pitch and the area around the goal is the most crowded area,” he replied.

“So you have to find a way to go through – that’s in behind, you pass it on the wings or you try to find little spaces between their lines.”