5 Talking Points from Liverpool's sublime win against Manchester City

#4 Gini Wijnaldum pulling the strings

There is plenty of energy in Liverpool's engine room

The Dutch midfielder's contributions for this team are mostly only remembered when he's scoring last-minute clutch goals or making mazy runs to release his team-mates. However, he was almost everywhere against Manchester City, always in the right positions at the right time to kill attacks and release pressure off his defence.

He specialises in keeping the ball in tight spaces and up against Ilkay Gundogan and Rodrigo, he thrived as he was able to almost on every occasion navigate a way past them to feed Firmino or Mane upfront.

While Fabinho usually gets most of the plaudits for Liverpool's defensive work in midfield, Wijnaldum did plenty of the grunt work himself and made life difficult for Kevin De Bruyne who had to drift wide to tey and get his head up to find team-mates. In the latter stages of the game when he was required to play further up the pitch, Wijnadum just seamlessly moved up and continued to shift the ball around.