The stark comparisons were laid bare for all to see.
Manchester City in their magnificent Commonwealth Games Stadium with their oil-rich owner Sheik, whatever his name is, owner in town to witness the destruction of one off the games former aristocrates in Liverpool.
3-0 was a harsh result for Liverpool, but few will doubt that the fat-cats of City with their billionaire owners may have moved ahead of former greats of the game in Liverpool.
While the board of Liverpool continue to prevaricate over its new owners and the necessary needed to bolster the squad, the city machine moves on apace.
They took us apart many times in the game, exposing the defencies in the Liverpool team, lack of pace and creativity being the most obvious things that new manger, Roy Hodgson needs to address and quickly if he wants to return the Reds from the wilderness.
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