Opta Stats Analysis: Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool

Liverpool’s two heaviest Premier League defeats under Jürgen Klopp have both been at the Etihad Stadium against Manchester City (4-0 tonight, 5-0 in September 2017).

Manchester City have won their last four home Premier League matches by an aggregate score of 14-0.

Liverpool have failed to score in five consecutive away games in all competitions for the first time since April 1992, when they went eight on the road without a goal.

This was the joint-heaviest defeat by a side already crowned Premier League champions in a season, with Arsenal losing 4-0 away at Liverpool in 1997-98, which was also the game after they won the title.

Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling scored his first Premier League goal against former side Liverpool in his ninth appearance against the Reds in the competition.

Kevin De Bruyne has been directly involved in more Premier League goals than any other player this season (28), with the Man City midfielder scoring 11 goals and assisting 17 in 30 appearances.

Jürgen Klopp found himself three goals behind at halftime in a league match for the first time since May 2007 when he was 1. FSV Mainz 05 manager against Bayern Munich (also 3-0 down at halftime).

Since the start of the 2015-16 season, only Wilfried Zaha (15) has won more Premier League penalties than Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling (14).

Only rivals Manchester United (11) have taken more Premier League penalties than Manchester City (10) this season, and only United have scored more (7) than City (6) in 2019-20.

Manchester City’s Phil Foden has been directly involved in 14 goals in his last 17 appearances in all competitions (6 goals, 8 assists), despite only starting 10 of those 17 games.