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It might be tempting to label Arsenal as the big winners from this absorbing draw at Anfield.
The need to point out Liverpool's ongoing inability to beat one of their major rivals at home this season might even be inviting too.
And it could also prove irresistible to bemoan the Reds’ failure to make the most of their dominance in such a vital game for the destination of the league title.
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But to do any of those after Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City here maybe misses the point?
Instead, Jurgen Klopp's players should be fully praised for their skill, craft and boundless energy reserves to not only respond to going a goal down against the current English and European champions but for also being able to trudge off the pitch lamenting what might have been after a second half so dominant it would have been alien to Pep Guardiola’s team.
City occasionally lose but rarely are they given such a chasing as the one handed out by the Reds here and Klopp deserves huge praise for refusing to tweak his own ideals in the wake of the punishing list of injuries that left him bereft of so many integral players.
Make no mistake, Guardiola’s side were fortunate to escape L4 without defeat and will head back up the M62 to the sound of some huge sighs of relief on that team bus. The treble winners just aren’t given that type of runaround.
But then again, Anfield has always left Guardiola and co in unique bewilderment. They spent large swathes of the game here scratching, clawing and hanging on for dear life after Alexis Mac Allister’s penalty had cancelled out John Stones’s
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