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But that's a wrap from us here tonight. We shall see you all later on for Match of the Day. Good evening!
Man City XI: Hart, Sagna, Demichelis, Mangala, Kolarov, Toure, Fernando, Navas, Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero
Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Clyne, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno, Lucas, Can, Milner, Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino
Tom Rostance
But that's a wrap from us here tonight. We shall see you all later on for Match of the Day. Good evening!
Live Boxing
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Join Michael Emons from 21:15 GMT for live text commentary on a night of boxing action, featuring two world title fights:
WBA lightweight title from Manchester – Anthony Crolla v Darleys Perez II
WBO super-middleweight from Hannover – Martin Murray v Arthur Abraham
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Man City 1-4 Liverpool
Quote MessageWe didn't give them a second on the ball. Going forward we looked very dangerous, it was great fun. We need to stop slipping up at home. These big wins go unnoticed if you lose at home. But today is a great platform and hopefully we can kick on."
Adam Lallana, Liverpool forward
Leicester City
Leicester have been on fire since the back end of last season with first Nigel Pearson and then Claudio Ranieri delivering the goods.
Just the 16 points better off than Chelsea since early April...
Match of the Day
Plenty of great games and a whole lot of goals coming your way this evening.
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on BBC Match of the Day: "It feels perfect! The game was not perfect but it was very good.
"City couldn't start like they want but that is important for us. We played with big passion and that's the most important thing for us.
"The good news is that we can do better. At half-time I told the boys they were surprised to be winning 3-0, and we must do better in that situation.
"We have quality, we could have more goals but 4-1 is perfect. The boys can believe now that they are stronger than many people think."
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
Quote MessageWhat can i say after 4-1 at the Etihad?. It was far from perfect but we took our chances and made our goals. They were brilliant goals. It's a big step. The crowd was a bit nervous when they couldn't build up their game as they wanted. It was good, really good. We have to learn to be in a clear lead. With results like this the lads will start to believe."
Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool manager
Jurgen Klopp says that his side need to take a step forwards in belief and that they looked surprised to be 3-0 up,
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
Manchester City
Quote MessageDo I understand? No it is impossible. It is difficult to understand, the performance was very low in defending, attacking. They scored four and could have had three more, it is impossible to understand. We worked well during the week, I don't believe the way we played. We must turn the page, you cannot analyse a performance as low as that. It was a fake game."
Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
Manchester City
Quote MessageToday we did it all wrong - the performance, the way we defended, the way we went forward. It was a fake night, a fake game. It is difficult to understand. If we meant to do it on purpose we couldn't have done it that badly. It is impossible to understand. We tried to make changes and have some options to score. We tried to fight but continued making so many mistakes with the ball."
Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
"It was a fake game," says Manuel Pellegrini, clearly unhappy and agitated. He confirms that if he did it again he would pick the same team.
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says his side could not have played any worse if they had tried to on purpose.
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
Quote MessageWe need to put this behind us. Fair play to Liverpool, they came out fast. We never seemed to get going. I wouldn't say we are in a state of shock because we knew Liverpool would come out fast. We have dropped three points which is a massive disappointment."
Fabian Delph, Manchester City midfielder
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
That heavy defeat leaves City two points behind leaders Leicester and in third place, a point behind rivals Manchester United.
City play Juventus in Turin on Wednesday and then Southampton next Saturday.
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
BBC Radio Manchester
Former Manchester City defender Paul Lake
Looking at Manuel Pellegrini's philosophy, this will happen when you are so positive and attack minded.
How do they learn from this? How do they sure things up?
These Manchester City guys are class footballers and City's level has dipped today. Joe Hart has not deserved to concede four goals and he was not at fault for any. It could have been six.
Liveprool were better, strong, fitter everywhere on the pitch and manager Jurgen Klopp got his tactics right.
City lose their top spot and are down, but certainly not out.
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
Man City 1-4 LIverpool
Liverpool captain James Milner: "City are a top team, they have shown it year on year. We were top class in the first half, it was a brilliant result.
"We had chances to get more but Joe Hart made some top saves. It was a really good performance. It's always strange coming back to a club, I was here for five years and have lots of friends here."
Defender Martin Skrtel: "The way we played in the first half was brilliant.It is the fourh goal I have scored against City - I wouldn't mind playing them every week."
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp is very much the man of the people, he's everywhere on the pitch with his players. Backslaps, hand claps, the lot.
Man City 1-4 Liverpool