Goodbye Wirtz: Iraola must start never-seen before Liverpool combo against LASK

In many ways, it felt as though 115 days had passed by the time that Manchester City travelled to Anfield to square off against Liverpool on Sunday. Between the start and end of the international break, what was first the renewal of a rivalry in a new era of managers soon became a game centred around past, now controversial glory. Anfield awaited a spectacle and many were expecting revenge after Man City's charges were confirmed by the Premier League . And up until Ryan Gravenberch's red card , they looked on course to get just that.