The goal has been scratched off. It was Mahrez that finished superbly, inside Alisson's near post. But he was allowed to break away by a handball from Phil Foden, who was on the ground at the time.

No matter. 4-0 will just have to do.

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Man City 5-0 Liverpool

Oh, hang on.

Dion Dublin
Former Aston Villa & Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

It looked like Man City were champions, with a 20 point lead, in the first half. I'm definitely putting this Liverpool performance down to a blip.

None of their players can come out of this game with any credit. It just hasn't gone for them at all tonight.

The 90 minutes are up. A humbling night for the champions.

Colin Astin: Please please please please please fixture computer. First game of the season city v pool.

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They'll get nothing from this (obviously) but Liverpool keep plugging away. Robertson swings in a cross that almost falls to Minamino, but deflects off the forward and is claimed by Ederson.

Liverpool's final change sees Takumi Minamino replace a visibly annoyed Sadio Mane. You suspect his anger is more to do with his team's display than the fact he's going off.

And still City come. Cancelo floats a cross deep into the box where De Bruyne is free and tries to loop a header over the advancing Alisson but nods it wide.

Not often you say this, but the Belgian should do better.

Oh, almost five. Riyad Mahrez collects from De Bruyne, turns to beat a defender and then fires an angled shot past the far post.

More changes. City take off Laporte and Sterling and send on Nicolas Otamendi and Bernardo Silva.

Liverpool's trophy hunting is done for this season, but City still have silverware to compete for.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold's night is over as he is replaced by highly-rated young full-back Nico Williams.

The defender immediately gets involved, playing his part in a move that ends with Salah curling a shot tamely into the hands of Ederson.

Excellent work from Naby Keita sees him beat a couple of men down the left touchline, but his low ball into the box is behind Mane and the danger evaporates.

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Matthew Seddon: Is there anyone playing better post restart than Raheem Sterling? It's not just his attacking contribution but the work he does tracking back. I'm an Arsenal fan, and I was bowled over by how hard he was working in their game against us

Roger: If a GK tries to save a shot and gets a hand on it but it goes in anyway it's not an own goal. Why is that an own goal. There's no way they can say absolutely that was going wide..

Dion Dublin
Former Aston Villa & Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

I did not expect this. I knew City would come out flying and I expected Liverpool to come out flying.

I knew there would be goals but I didn't realise City would be scoring all of them and they would be so dominant.

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City take the opportunity to make another change, withdrawing Walker and sending on Joao Cancelo.

There is usually a spring in Jurgen Klopp's step. He's trudging around the touchline now, though, during the second-half drinks break.

Pep continues to bounce around like a Gummy Bear (Google it, kids).

City are going to get more here. They want to embarrass the champions. Foden plays a pass behind the Reds defence and finds Sterling, who checks and just loses control, allowing Liverpool to clear.

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