I quite liked Pep Guardiola’s six fingers gesture to the fans. It was just banter, I quite liked it. There is a mutual respect there. He knows, he’s never been into a stadium in the world and witnessed an atmosphere like Anfield. He has said that himself. At the end he clapped the fans and they applauded him back.

A beaten Pep Guardiola taunted goading Liverpool fans with a reference to his haul of six Premier League titles as Manchester City were dealt another major blow in their hunt for a seventh.

Pep Guardiola said “I didn’t expect it from the people from Liverpool” after he was goaded that he was going to be sacked during Manchester City’s 2-0 defeat at Anfield.