Tis the season to get even. Manchester City avenged a rancorous defeat at Anfield in October and broke Liverpool’s grip on the Carabao Cup in another epic battle between Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp at the Etihad.
City beat their rivals for the first time in six meetings between the two clubs as they look to regain the trophy that was theirs for four years before Klopp’s side lifted it in February.
But this will mean so much more than a place in the quarter-finals on a night when there wasn’t much Christmas spirit shown from either side on their return to action after the World Cup.