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It’s at that point, isn’t it? It’s really hard to see a future for Arne Slot – the players and fans both seem to have given up on him and, especially with Xabi Alonso available, it feels increasingly unlikely he’ll be Liverpool manager at the start of next season. So, how much of that is his fault?

And then there’s Liverpool.

And then there’s Cherki, an old-skool attitude with a modern-day sensibility. It’s taken him a while, but he’s surely now established in City’s first XI as their most likely creator and difference-maker. His ability to conjure space and shots from all manner of unlikely and unpromising positions is very special.

O’Reilly, meanwhile, isn’t the first young midfielder to break through at full-back – Paul Ince and Roy Keane, for example, both did stints there early in their Man United careers. What is particularly enjoyable about watching him there, though, is that he’s still playing his natural game in terms of getting into the box, making the runs he’d make were he playing centrally, which are extremely...