Certainly, if Mohamed Salah keeps this up, the title will be won in time for Arsenal to give them a guard of honor at Anfield in May. For the 11th time this season, the presumptive Ballon d'Or winner graced a game with a goal and assist. The previous high watermark in a Premier League campaign was 11. It is February.

This trip to the Etihad was meant to be one of Arne Slot’s biggest tests in the remainder of the season but his side negotiated it with the minimum of fuss, closing out victory thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah (of course) and Dominik Szoboszlai to move 11 points clear at the top of the table.

Erling Haaland was left out of the Manchester City squad for Sunday's Premier League clash with Liverpool after failing to recover from injury in time. The Norway international was an unused substitute against Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday,