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After the frenzy of round one, round two would provide moments of beauty amid the bluster.

These Manchester City vs Liverpool clashes are going to define just who gets to win the prizes in this specific, and remarkable, era of football, with a third in Paris also on the horizon should the largely expected occur across the next couple of weeks.

And as we saw at the Etihad last Sunday, it is the high octane action and the errors that can produce which makes this rivalry so compelling.

Liverpool were all at sea at times last week, with their high line representing something that a trapeze artist wouldn't fancy, but that's just what they do. It is what has brought them to the dance, and so they're not going to leave it in the corner and go off with anyone else.

And, as discussed, errors are expected in these games anyway, although not perhaps to the extent of the one made by Zack Steffen which gifted Liverpool their second goal and Sadio Mane his first.

The beautiful moments are never too far away either though, and soon enough