NO MERSEY
While assorted pundits and fans of both teams spent the aftermath of Sunday’s draw between Arsenal and Manchester City squabbling over which side had emerged as moral victors, the actual winners of the game were kicking back a couple of hundred miles away, basking in the warm glow of a Merseyside derby triumph that took them five points clear at the top after just five rounds of fixtures. Much has been made of the fact that Liverpool have yet to drop a point in their title defence “despite not playing well”, although anyone who actually watched the opening half-hour of their win over Everton on Saturday might beg to differ.
