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Pep Guardiola may have confirmed his best front three after Liverpool experiment backfired

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A headline statistic was doing the rounds after Liverpool's victory over Manchester City that didn't flatter Jack Grealish one bit.

It said that Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson, with his defence-splitting assist for Mo Salah's winner vs City, has more assists this season than Grealish has, seemingly criticising the City number ten for his lack of goal involvements this term.

However, as Grealish sat on the bench at Anfield, he may have felt that his long-term City prospects may have increased. Not because of anything Alisson did, but more from the way the Blues struggled to balance their attack against Liverpool. ALSO READ:Man City fury over Jurgen Klopp jibes turns Liverpool FC rivalry even uglier With Phil Foden preferred to Grealish on the left, and Kevin De Bruyne shifted out to the right to accommodate Bernardo Silva, City looked to create an overload against Liverpool's makeshift right-back James Milner.

It was a tactic that worked wonders on the last visit to Anfield, but Liverpool saw the plan coming and brought back three midfielders to the left side to crowd out the City pair.

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