Reds fail to make statement against Man City

It was a match that changed nothing about the title race in terms of the table, other than involving Chelsea and Arsenal a little more than they were before, but the wonder from Anfield is whether it will change the tone of that race; the mentality.

That was one consequence of a 0-0 draw where so little happened, other than one single big incident. Who will feel happier after it? Who most benefits?

Manchester City did at least end what had been an increasingly concerning run of defeats to Liverpool while getting a point away in a title-race match – a good place-holding result – and yet they could have had so much more.

That awful Riyad Mahrez penalty simultaneously meant this will feel like a reprieve for Liverpool and like the burden to win this game was on them; that they needed the statement, that they needed to propel themselves.

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