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Liverpool lack the depth to dethrone Man City, says Heskey

Firepower on the bench might be the difference between two sides taking aim at the Premier League title, says a former frontman at Anfield

Emile Heskey believes shallow depth in attack could prove Liverpool's undoing in their bid to beat Manchester City to the Premier League title.

The Reds have won each of their first six matches of the new season to race into a five-point lead at the top of the table.

City, though, fired a warning over the weekend with an extraordinary 8-0 demolition of Watford, the club's biggest ever top-flight victory attained even as Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus watched from the bench.