Arne Slot, continuing to speak to Sky Sports after the match, said: “Ideally I would have loved to have seen the second half being the same as the first half. But the quality of the other team…
“If you want to win against City you have to be perfect in every part of the game. High press, low press, build-up. They bring so many problems to you. We came close to perfection, we weren’t perfect but we came close to perfection. That’s the only way to beat a quality team like City.
“I don’t think anyone, including me, would have predicted this (start). I knew Jurgen (Klopp) left the team in a very good place. But still, to win so much with all the difficult teams we have played already is not something you could predict at the start of the season.
“But, like I say, I saw Arsenal yesterday and Chelsea today and I saw City, they will come back because these teams have so much quality. They could go on the same run as us. So we have to stay sharp and focused.”
