Gary Neville

They were sort of a soft touch, and now they're a real team.

It's incredible, really.

It's sad.

I made a statement at the start of the season that I thought for Liverpool to win the league, I think they needed to get knocked out of the Champions League just because of the way they play.

They were so frantic, they were pressing high and it was brilliant to watch, but I wondered whether that front three, midfield players, could do it every three days, big games, all the way through the season.

However, I have to alter my opinion on that slightly now just because they don't play like that anymore.

They're not sprinting around like madmen for looking like they're chasing lost causes.

Everything seems a lot more controlled, a lot more in order.

They manage games out like you said tonight.

You never felt safe watching Liverpool, if you're a Liverpool fan, at 2-0 down.

You always thought there was a chance here.

If they concede one, they'll concede two.

So I think this is a...

It's a really, really top side that we're watching now, and they are playing title-winning football.

There's absolutely no doubt about that.

I think you're looking at landing some sort of psychological blows every time you go out.

And I think the City players, who will be in a hotel tonight watching that, they won't be sad.

They won't go to bed thinking, oh, no.

But they'll just be that thing that they'll have thought, maybe we could have caught them tomorrow.

Maybe they'll drop points tonight, and they've not done.