How Manchester City Won Premier League Points They Might Yet Lose

Manchester City took all three points off Liverpool to remain unbeaten in the Premier League, and yet it all could be rendered pointless… SO, Manchester City take the points. This being the first time a club has faced them and given the unenviable and unrequested task of firing the first volley of disgust from the whole league, it was a red-letter day in the history of the English league.

Surely there's no game bigger than this one. But in the end, it was the exact opposite.

Not even the team that did. Anfield has seen some bizarre encounters over the years, but never one where a league fixture ended with no points being awarded to either team.

As Liverpool failed to take any from the game, it was literally pointless, or at least it will be once the punishments arrive. As Michael Spicer said on Bluesky: "Congratulations to Liverpool for winning today's match next year.

A banner on The Kop spoke of cheating a generation of supporters, but if anything, that's only the half of it. They've disrupted the next two years too, be it by fair means of appeal or outright filibustering.

In either case, this Premier League season is a write-off. Sky can show the top half of the League table with accompanying coos and talks of team spirit all they like, but City won't be anywhere near it once sanctions are handed out.

The whole league season reduced to an appeals process. The key issues of the season - the title and the European and relegation places - will most likely be decided in courtrooms rather than where it matters, rendering everything to the ultimate VAR.

You think you've made top four, but let's check in with the officials first. The whole thing is a nonsense.

This too was an awful weekend for Premier League execs and the worst possible fixture to witness. Talk of unguarded, systematic cheating followed by a City team and support clearly hell-bent on brazening it out to the point of pride."