Edin Dzeko showed Man City how to deal with Liverpool FC title challenge lying down

Heading to Merseyside for a key fixture in the title battle, with Liverpool waiting to pounce on any slip-up.

Manchester City are in a position where they need to puff their chests out to show they are ready and up for the fight.

Or, maybe they could just have a nice lie-down…

If that sounds like a terrible idea, it’s time to refresh your memory of Edin Dzeko’s inimitable exploits at Goodison Park in May 2014.

Admittedly much closer to the end of the season and, therefore with higher stakes, City needed to beat Everton to maintain the edge over Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool.

They did just that, with Sergio Aguero cancelling out Ross Barkley’s excellent opener before a Dzeko brace proved decisive in a nerve-shredding 3-2 win.

However, an elite striker scoring twice in a huge game is bread and butter stuff. What Edin did later on, starting in the 79th minute truly went above and beyond.

He did, well, nothing. And here's how he did it.

78:19 - Dzeko receives a pass from Fernandinho in the Everton D but loses possession because Aleksandr Kolarov runs into him. Standard mayhem from everyone’s favourite rocket-footed left-back but it should be pointed out he’d come on as a substitute in midfield, so it wasn’t that ridiculous.

78:24 - Scampering back to dispossess fellow goalscorer Barkley, Dzeko attempts to make a challenge around the midfielder while also grabbing at him. This means when he slips, he lands face first on the turf. He doesn’t move.

78:27 - Referee Lee Probert adjudges whatever that was from Dzeko to be a foul and stops play. The Everton defence start to walk up to set their line higher up the pitch for the free-kick but there’s something in the way.

78:32 - Antolin Alcaraz reaches down and taps Dzeko on the left