Football Daily | Manchester City, Liverpool and the multibillion-pound mirage

While it was hardly Boca Juniors v River Plate at La Bombonera, Sunday’s eagerly anticipated match between Liverpool and Manchester City rated about 8.5 on the official Football Daily feist-o-meter by the Premier League’s comparatively tame standards.

The visitors walked out to a loud chorus of pantomime booing and some mildly amusing banners reminding them of their serial cheating, there was some defiant “doing” of the Poznan in the away end and … er, that was about it.

For all the faux media concern, one of the most hyped Premier League matches of all time passed off without anything much in the way of flashpoints.