Liverpool 0-0 Manchester City, 7 October The teams are level seven games in. City play with restraint after two defeats at Anfield the previous season, 3-0 (in the Champions League) and 4-3 (in the league), and their point might have been three but for Riyad Mahrez’s penalty miss. “You know Liverpool will punish our mistakes and at the back we controlled it very well,” Pep Guardiola says. Man City P8 Pts 20; Liverpool P8 Pts 20 Leicester 2-1 Manchester City, 26 December City lose for the third time in four league matches, after defeats by Crystal Palace and Chelsea, and Guardiola admits: “Now there will be doubts.” Fabian Delph’s late red card sums up City’s frustration after they blow the lead. With Liverpool beating Newcastle 4-0, Jürgen Klopp’s team are six points clear of second-placed Tottenham. “It is too early to talk about us being contenders for the title,” Klopp says. Liverpool P19 Pts 51; Man City P19 Pts 44 Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool, 3 January Liverpool’s 20-game unbeaten run is ended by City, who reduce their opponents’ lead to four points. Sergio Agüero puts City in front, Roberto Firmino equalises and Leroy Sané secures the points when he puts…