This is Anfield, and it sends Pep Guardiola doolally as Liverpool vs Man City delivers again – The Warm-Up

MONDAY’S BIG STORIES Apo-pep-tic Ad Liverpool and Manchester City showdowns nearly always result in an overwhelming sense of where-on-earth-do-you-start when it comes to summarising. Ballon d'OrBallon d'Or 2022 LIVE — Benzema and Putellas eye top individual prizes25 MINUTES AGO There was the good: Mohamed Salah’s winning goal which we’ve seen countless times but still haven’t quite worked out how he turned Joao Cancelo inside out so ruthlessly. There was the bad: Jurgen Klopp’s yell into the linesman’s ear.

And then there was the ugly: coins thrown at Pep Guardiola – “It didn't get me. They try it again next year,” he said afterwards – and chants from the away end condemned by Liverpool. It all made for a whirlwind match that as ever has given us plenty to talk about.

And arguably the decision to let the game run, or “play on, play on” as Guardiola put it, only for VAR to intervene when this approach led to an actual goal was the biggest talking point of them all. Guardiola was apoplectic, and remarkably turned to the Anfield crowd after Phil Foden’s goal was disallowed, whipping the home fans into a frenzy, and afterwards he declared “This is Anfield” when explaining why the decision went against his side. «The referee came to the coaches and said play on, play on,» Guardiola added.