“Another great Liverpool-Man City game,” said Arne Slot, who apparently still hasn’t noticed that his supporters hate listening to him talking up matches they lose. But this was not another great Liverpool-Manchester City game, not compared to previous instalments in the series. Not long ago it was the matches between City and Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal that set the standard in this kind of high-level Premier League dreariness. But then Arteta broke bad, and reconfigured Arsenal towards the concussive powerball that has sent them to the top of the Premier League. Arne Slot reacts during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield.

Source: The Irish Times February 09, 2026 10:30 UTC