AnalysisLiverpool 1-0 Man City: Five talking points from Anfield

The forward scored the only goal of the game in the 76th minute when he ran through and finished from Alisson Becker's brilliant assist.

Here are five talking points from Anfield...

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Alisson x Salah = goals

Another Salah and Alisson link-up works to devastating effect. This time against the other team in Manchester.

With shades of his clincher over Manchester United in 2019-20, Salah applied the finishing touches to a pinpoint ball over the top from Liverpool's goalkeeper to break the deadlock on Sunday.

Similar goal, similar let-off inside Anfield. Pandemonium.

Half of Salah's teammates went to embrace the opening goalscorer, with the others trotting back to laud their No.1.

Alisson Becker for Liverpool: 197 appearances, one goal and three assists.

All of those assists have been for Salah – the most a goalkeeper has assisted one player in Premier League history.

The best.

Another Salah milestone

The goal saw Salah become Liverpool's outright second-highest Premier League goalscorer of all time.

The No.11 took his overall tally for the Reds in the league to 121, overtaking Steven Gerrard in the process.

Robbie Fowler maintains his standing at the top of the chart with 128 but you'd expect his occupancy at the summit to come under serious threat in the coming weeks.

Bring on yer...

Liverpool remain the opposition no reigning Premier League champion wants to face.

This was victory No.23 against current title holders in the Premier League era – seven more than any club.

Anfield and its famous voice helped, too, of course. The Reds are unbeaten in their last 14 such fixtures in L4 – a run that now stretches back to December 2007.

Our little diamond

A wise head on young shoulders, Harvey Elliott was a shining light on a football pitch just filled with superstars.

This was the 19-year-old's first start in the cauldron that is a Liverpool-Man City fixture but he looked at home straight away.

Operating on the right flank, Elliott's tireless defensive work was just as crucial as his creativity and skill going forward.

The No.19 took in a deserved standing ovation from Anfield when he made way in the 73rd minute.

Building on it

Anfield would have wanted to play West Ham United there and then once the final whistle blew.

Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until Wednesday to see if Liverpool can make it three wins from three.

The 7-1 success at Rangers in midweek did the world of good for confidence – and you certainly believe even more can be drawn from this result and manner of the performance.

"We carry on," Virgil van Dijk said in a post-match interview. Jürgen Klopp stressed: "We need to create the same again."

That starts against the Hammers.