A blistering and frenetic 90 minutes of football saw Liverpool overcome the odds to defeat Manchester City at Anfield and become the first side this season to better Pep Guardiola’s men.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain got the goals started, before star trio Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah hit the back of the net. Goals came back from the visitors via Leroy Sane, Ilkay Gundogan and Bernando Silva to set up a nervy finish, but the Reds held on.
As the cameras were glued onto every single touch of the football, Sportsmail took a look at the things you may have missed…
Liverpool upset the odds to defeat Manchester City and end their unbeaten league run
It was a nervy affair for the Reds but they rallied to take all three points at Anfield
Coutinho’s space left vacant, but it inspires the Reds to victory
Pre-match images revealed a gaping hole in the Liverpool dressing room where the shirt of Philippe Coutinho used to hang.
Nestled between Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah, Coutinho’s space was stripped bare, with his name tag and branding removed.
The eerie space must have been strange for the players when getting ready but use it to their advantage they did, stepping up to beat the seemingly unbeatable City.
Philippe Coutinho’s space in the Anfield dressing room was left obviously bare before the tie
Pre-match nerves, Pep?
Sitting on the bench while his players went about their pre-match warm up, Pep Guardiola cut a peculiar figure.
The Spaniard was seen rubbing his face and looking far from comfortable.
Pre-match nerves at the prospect of surrendering to a first defeat? Or a mid-January cold, perhaps? Who knows.
Pep Guardiola looked rather uncomfortable on the touchline while his players warmed up
The Spaniard was seen rubbing his face and clenching himself up tight
Pre-match nerves at the prospect of losing an unbeaten run, or a mid-January cold perhaps?
Aguero misses sitter as wait for Anfield goal goes on
Despite being one of the most deadly strikers on the planet, Sergio Aguero is yet to hit the back of the net at Anfield.
Much was made of this stat, with many hoping Sunday would be the occasion for the Argentine to set the record straight.
Moments into the first half Aguero very nearly did just that, sliding in to meet a pinpoint Kevin De Bruyne pass… only to let the ball completely pass him by.
When your luck’s not in, it’s not in.
Sergio Aguero was whiskers away from getting onto the end of a cross, but fluffed his lines
The striker could only watch on agonisingly as his chance to break his Anfield duck passed
Despite being one of the world’s finest strikers Aguero is yet to score at the famous stadium
Comedian’s dodgy Salah, Mane, Firmino song gets first airing
The song coined by ‘Cork’s biggest Liverpool fan’ won’t have escaped many of you this week, doing the rounds aplenty on social media.
Richy Sheehy came up with the bizarre but catchy version of The Archies hit single ‘Sugar, Sugar’ including the names of front three Salah, Mane and Firmino and, as expected, it got its first airing at Anfield.
The man himself was present before kick-off, singing on a stage outside the ground which was then captured and uploaded on Liverpool’s official Instagram account.
Comedian Richy Sheehy performed his ‘Sugar Sugar’ adaptation before the match at Anfield
Benjamin Mendy gets trolled
The big-money signing Mendy is well used to making jibes on social media week after week as City rack up the wins – but now the shoe was on the other foot.
Fans took delight in taunting the former Monaco man, who held his hands up and admitted it wasn’t a good day for him to be on Twitter.
Posting an gif image of a child shedding a single tear, Mendy simply wrote: ‘My mentions today #Lookaway.’
At least he can take it as well as give it out.
Benjamin Mendy had to take the stick rather than give it out as City suffered a rare defeat
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is on the rise
After opening the scoring with an impeccable first half strike, Oxlade-Chamberlain went on to put in a Man of the Match performance.
The England international is flourishing at Anfield, and the statistics don’t lie.
He has now scored as many goals in 20 Premier League appearances for Liverpool than in his last 71 appearances for Arsenal. Some transformation.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is on the rise at Liverpool and the statistics plainly show it
Pre-match protest against club sponsorship with Tibet Water Resources
There is little to complain about at Anfield at the moment, but a pre-match protest did take place.
We’re often told there is more to life than football, and this is a solid example.
As part of a campaign led by Tibet groups and international consumer group SumOfUs a mobile billboard was be paraded through the streets en route to the game.
It displayed the message “Under Chinese rule, Tibetans are beaten and tortured for their beliefs. John W. Henry: Your deal with Tibet Water legitimises the torture of Tibetans. Liverpool FC: Do we think this is okay?”
A pre-match protest was carried out calling Liverpool to end links with Tibet Water Resources