Man City's demolition job on Liverpool effectively ends their title hopes - on Pep Guardiola's landmark 1,000th match as a manager their 3-0 establishes them as Arsenal's only challengers, writes OLIVER HOLT

OLIVER HOLT AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: It felt as if the occasion of Pep Guardiola's 1000th match in charge of a football club demanded a special tribute and Manchester City delivered one for him.