Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has dismissed claims of Liverpool's title defence being over.
Liverpool's hopes of defending their Premier League crown appear to be in tatters after they were beaten 3-1 by Leicester early on Saturday.
But Guardiola, after victory over Tottenham, said: “From what I saw from the way they played against Leicester, we would have to lose games, but of course they can do it.
“It is the same Liverpool that I met in the last years. In the boxes they are not as clinical as before but the quality of their play is still there."
City were again without key pair Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero – although the latter was an unused substitute – and Guardiola hailed the collective effort.
He said: “We don't have players who can win the game by himself – we don't have a Messi, a Cristiano, Mbappe or Neymar. We have to do it as a team."
