Gary Neville

But you look at the midfield sort of balance now.

Henderson was getting in the box.

He was brilliant against Porto midweek.

Keita's got a couple of goals, even the goal for Mane.

The reason Mane's got a free-head is because Keita's made a run into the box, attracts Azpilicueta.

Maybe just at the right time, Jürgen Klopp's actually found

Jamie Carragher was the one I was thinking of.

To be a great presenter, you've got to do more than that.

The defensive change in Liverpool in the last 15 months has been incredible, only seven goals conceded now before Christmas, which is a record.

What are you doing in training differently?

Are you working more on the defensive side of the game?

I think it's significant but I also think that tonight was a potential problem for Liverpool a problem match where other teams have sort of stumbled and they've come through with flying colours weren't at the best in the first half but they've managed the game out in the second half perfectly got the second goal and we said in the last couple of weeks this is a far more rounded Liverpool team who don't always have to be at their best it's not all about just the front three anymore they have a real sort of

support network from behind the goalkeeper does well the back four are fantastic and to only concede seven goals if you said to me that a Liverpool team would only concede seven goals by Christmas 18 months ago I would have said you're mad it's a complete about turn

Yeah.

I think that absolutely tonight, I think, was symptomatic of Liverpool, this new Liverpool, where they're not at their best, but they can go in 1-0 up, which they wouldn't have been able to do 18 months ago.

You signed Virgil van Dijk, we've just been speaking to him, and you've only conceded seven goals by Christmas, which is a record in the Premier League, a joint record with Chelsea from the mid-2000s.

When you signed him, you must have had an incredible amount of belief in him because of the money that you paid him, but is he better than you even thought now you're watching him?

incredibly serious because all the hallmarks of a title winning team good in defence don't have to be at their best to win good going forward they can control games now I always thought watching Liverpool 18 months ago was manic in a good way because everyone enjoyed watching Liverpool games in the sense that the game was always fast it was always electric but then it seemed to sort of die off a little bit after 60 minutes when the energy went this is a far more controlled unit this one and it's one that seems to have the composure seems to have the belief and

They'll be privately very happy and they'll be confident that they can go all the way with City.

Just a question on Liverpool.