Not too long ago there were eight teams from the area thriving in the top flight,now the Manchester and Liverpool powerhouses are all that remainManchester City v Liverpool on Saturday evening should serve as a reminder of how quickly the landscape of top-level football can change.
John Aldridge has just advised Liverpool to stop sulking approximately the manner in which Raheem Sterling left them for their north-west rivals and concentrate on marking him out of the match. Good advice, but the greater sense of loss for Liverpool followers might be the knowledge that just a couple of seasons ago this fixture was practically a title decider. Now it is just a north-west derby. While City still leer the team to defeat for anyone with designs on the title, and Liverpool leer more like Everton. Capable of raising their game against Chelsea – who isn’t,this season? – but otherwise shaping up for a mid-table campaign.
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Source: theguardian.com