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But Man City have arguably been weaker in the league this season compared to how they were last term. This comes as they have had to amend their style of play to fit Haaland into their set-up.

However, Xavi insists that the Barcelona midfielder never wanted to leave Barcelona for Man Utd ahead of the two clubs playing each other in the Europa League on Thursday,

Walker has urged his team to “do better as a team” after they dropped two points and thinks “every game” has to be treated like a “cup final” if you want to win the league.

“You see the other results today (relegation-threatened Southampton and Bournemouth both won), the topsy-turvy nature of the Premier League.

He was heavily backed in the January transfer window with the likes of Enzo Fernandez and Mykhaylo Mudryk joining for huge fees.

But it was Liverpool who took the lead after 10 minutes when Nunez controlled Trent Alexander-Arnold’s superb ball over the top and fired past the stranded Pope with his strike surviving a VAR check for offside.

Asked about the 29-year-old’s readiness to do so, head coach Howe said: “That was the reason for taking a player of his profile. He has experience of the big games, so I’ve got no doubt or issue over his ability to step in.”

After a solid start to the season, the 25-year-old has gone from strength to strength having scored in eight of his last nine Premier League appearances.

He said: “Massive, 100 per cent. It explains a little bit the issues we have in the games where we can’t control it better. It’s so long ago we were in a situation like that.

At this stage only Ratcliffe, one of the UK’s richest men, has publicly expressed an interest.