Liverpool welcoming Manchester City to Anfield has been the fixture that has defined the Premier League for most of the last decade. Pep Guardiola's dominant force often rolled in to Merseyside and found troubles, but prevailed in the long-run. This weekend carried a different narrative and one which spelled out City's destruction if it wasn't careful.
Not quite win or bust, but just don't lose. This was a team that had lost five of its last six games in all competitions, had been humbled by Tottenham at home eight days earlier, and given up three goals in 15 minutes to only draw last time out in the Champions League. This is as tough as Guardiola has found it at City and upon him is a time where he must answer questions he's never had to answer before. Liverpool away was the chance to fix it. City didn't.
