ESPN’s Alexis Nunes and Julien Laurens discuss the factors that will make or break Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes.

Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola insists he will continue to back his players after they believed in him during his first season in charge.

Liverpool begin the defence of their Champions League crown at the venue where Jurgen Klopp felt his side delivered their most anaemic performance in a 1-0 defeat to Napoli nearly a year ago.
With that encounter still vivid in the memory ahead of Tuesday’s return to Stadio San Paolo when the teams renew hostilities in the group stage of the competition, the German stressed “we don’t go there as a favourite.”
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Manchester City slipped five points adrift of Premier League leaders Liverpool as Pep Guardiola’s side were stunned by Norwich at Carrow Road on Saturday. Goals from Kenny McLean, Todd Cantwell and Teemu Pukki were enough to secure a 3-2 victory for the Canaries, who produced an incredible display to deliver an early blow to City’s title ambitions.

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As expected, the reigning champions dictated possession for large periods of the game. After a poor first 45, City played with greater intensity…

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Manchester City fell five points behind Liverpool at the top of the table after a shock 3-2 defeat at Norwich.
Kenny McLean gave Daniel Farke’s men a surprise lead before the hosts reached dreamland territory as Todd Cantwell added another.
Sergio Aguero nodded in to reduce the deficit in first half stoppage time before Teemu Pukki made it 3-1 soon after the break.
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Player of the month Pukki pounced after some abject Manchester City defending and there was…

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ESPN FC’s Don Hutchison breaks down Manchester City’s defensive struggles without Aymeric Laporte in their 3-2 loss at Norwich City.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola shrugged off his team’s shock 3-2 defeat by newly-promoted Norwich City in the Premier League on Saturday saying his team simply cannot be expected to win every week.
Guardiola’s team beat Liverpool to the title by a solitary point last season after winning their last 14 games.
But after five games of this season they already trail Jurgen Klopp’s side by five points in the table.
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ESPN FC’s Don Hutchison breaks down Manchester City’s defensive struggles without Aymeric Laporte in their 3-2 loss at Norwich City.
NORWICH, England — What happened at Carrow Road on Saturday is one of the reasons we are all in love with football, even if fans of Manchester City might feel a little differently.
By contrast, disbelieving Norwich supporters must pinch themselves to believe what they saw, as their team’s 3-2 win marked the biggest sensation of the Premier League season. The newly promoted side were supposed to be complete no-hopers, with British bookmakers quoting them at 20-1 in a two-horse race. Their injury-ravaged…

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