Oliver Kay dissects the weekend's main talking points from the Premier League - and there is only one place to start

Jeremy Doku scores the pick of the goals with a stunning curling effort, as Manchester City soundly defeat Liverpool 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium to move up to second in the Premier League.

In seven days, Man City have beaten Bournemouth, Dortmund, and now Liverpool. Pep Guardiola & Co. are officially back to their best

The following Wednesday, Liverpool are back in Champions League action, once again at Anfield. PSV Eindhoven edged a heavily rotated Reds 3–2 in the final gameweek of last season’s league phase, and Peter Bosz’s side have already secured a stunning 6–2 victory over Italian champions Napoli in this season’s iteration.

Manchester City are unchanged from their last Premier League game against Bournemouth, but make three changes to the side that beat Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday. Captain Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias and Rayan Cherki all start, with Tijjani Reijnders, John Stones and Savinho dropping to the bench.

Match ReactionLiverpool’s trip to the Etihad ended in humiliation, and the manner of the defeat told a deeper story than just the

One is that they aren't back to their very best because that very best was perhaps the second-best club season this century (the first also authored by Pep Guardiola at Barcelona).The second bit of irony is that Man City are back as Premier League title contenders and back on top of Liverpool via the help of one of Jurgen Klopp's main lieutenants.