The title race isn’t just back on… we now have the potential for the third in an epic heavyweight trilogy to match Ali v Frazier.
In beating Leeds so fluently, so comprehensively, on an emotional night here at Anfield, Liverpool not only closed the gap at the top of the Premier League to three points, but they posted notice of a real intent to push the Champions all the way.
If the greatest title fight of all time came three seasons ago when City edged Liverpool out by a single point with both recording record totals, and the rematch was a Red triumph a year later, then this is now shaping up to be the showdown to settle the argument.
