All eyes on Anfield as tainted City return to the fray

All told, there were better weeks from a Manchester City perspective to be facing their biggest rivals from the past decade. The head-spinning implications of Man City being found guilty on all 80 charges of financial wrongdoing, as well as on 34 of the 35 charges of failing to co-operate with the investigation, are still being digested by all and sundry. Given that Everton were hit with a 10-point deduction (reduced to six on appeal) for a single, solitary breach of the league's Profitability and Sustainability Rules, the consensus is naturally that Manchester City are, in the words of Father…