Football has a strange habit of creating sliding doors moments - over the summer, Manchester City fans were furious after they missed out on the signing of Florian Wirtz.

It's been seven months since the German arrived on Merseyside, and he spent his Saturday lunchtime chasing the shadow of Rayan Cherki - the man City signed instead for a fraction of the price.

It's slightly harsh on Wirtz, he looked like one of the very few that wanted to win at the Etihad, but the Liverpool were run ragged by Wirtz and his partner in crime in the FA Cup: Erling Haaland.

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Slot's players look to have lost faith in the Dutchman, while the City slickers were at their brilliant best, a large majority of the Liverpool side looked like they just couldn't be bothered.

It was a lazy talent by Virgil van Dijk to gift City a penalty - after Liverpool had, arguably, been the better side. And...