Champions could put pretenders in their place at Anfield, but game may also be first meaningful shot in a battle for the title
When the top two meet in the Premier League it is a reflex action – muscle memory of Super Sundays gone, Judgment Days past – to look for the big managerial tussle.
First plays second, champions versus pretenders: cue the haggard split screen, the wild-eyed seers in their quilted coats, nose-to-nose on the touchline, a collision of wills, visions, “philosophies”.
Written by Barney Ronay
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