The division’s two most prolific teams locked horns at Anfield on Sunday and were on level terms at the halfway stage, after goals from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Leroy Sane.
What followed was spectacular.
Roberto Firmino’s roll around John Stones and deft dink over Ederson paved the way for Sadio Mane to smack home an unstoppable third and Mohamed Salah to loop a fourth over the City goalkeeper when he failed to adequately clear an attack.
The visitors rallied and threatened a comeback as Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan beat Loris Karius, but the damage earlier in the period was too significant to recover from.