OLIVER HOLT: Man City are poisoning the Premier League - how can Sky Sports and TNT possibly keep broadcasting their matches?

When the result of a sporting contest does not matter, when it is diminished by doubts about the legitimacy of the struggle, when it is undermined by suspicions that the result may soon be declared null and void, when a spectator starts to wonder whether what they are watching is real, then what is the point of watching at all? It felt like that, watching from the stands at Anfield late on Sunday afternoon. Yes, Manchester City were absolutely majestic in the second half, and yes, they exposed Liverpool ’s shortcomings. But so what?