Premier League: Season should be finished says pundit
Pep Guardiola's concerned assessment of Liverpool's front in 2018 three proves the Manchester City boss knew his side were about to pushed to their limits. The Reds hosted City in the first-leg of their all-English Champions League quarter-final over two years ago and Anfield was bouncing.
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Guardiola was right as Jurgen Klopp's side pulled City apart at Anfield, with Salah playing through the middle as predicted.
They had already succumbed the visitors to their first Premier League defeat of the season a few months before hand, but this time the Reds were far more convincing in a 3-0 win.
Salah struck the opener while Mane bagged the third after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's pile-driver.
Then, it was Salah and Firmino who done the damage at the Etihad, despite City's early lead through Gabriel Jesus.
Salah played as a striker and scored for Liverpool like Guardiola warned (Image: GETTY)
Ultimately, it was Liverpool's rampant front three that has allowed them to close the gap on City and now move away from their rivals.
The Premier League leaders currently sit 25 points clear of Guardiola's men and are poised to end their 30-year top-flight hoodoo.
This season it was Salah and Mane again who inflicted a body blow to City's hopes of a third successive title in a 3-1 win at Anfield.
Guardiola is set to continue in Manchester for just one more season and he will know that City will have to come up with something special to topple Klopp's Liverpool juggernaut pioneered by Salah, Mane and Firmino.