Manchester City hit FOUR at Anfield to all but end Liverpool's title hopes as Alisson howlers gift Pep Guardiola's side two-goal lead after Mo Salah had equalised... with Ilkay Gundogan netting a double and Phil Foden scoring a late screamer

And that is why they are champions.

Probably. Not yet, of course. But one day soon, surely. Manchester City are in rare form right now — equal to the best of any team in the history of English football — and here was the emphatic win that confirmed their dominance in this strangest of seasons.

What once looked open is now as good as closed. There may only be five points between City and the team below, but that will stretch to eight if they win their game in hand at Everton next week. And City are better than Manchester United, we know that.