Roy Keane and Graeme Souness concurred that Liverpool had lost some of their spark after they were held to a goalless draw by Manchester United at Anfield.
Jose Mourinho has insisted Tanguy Ndombele deserves all the praise for his Tottenham turnaround.
Mikel Arteta believes players are at risk from suffering burnout as the truncated fixture calendar gives them little time to rest and recuperate.
Pep Guardiola says John Stones deserves all the praise he gets after scoring twice in his latest outstanding display for Manchester City.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accepts it will be a tough enough battle just to qualify for the Champions League this season before he can even think about their title defence.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer feels his side missed an opportunity to end Liverpool’s long unbeaten home league record after failing to ‘pounce’ on their injury problems.
Liverpool’s winless league run stretched to four games after an Anfield stalemate but, in contrast, Manchester City were back to their ruthless best.
Bruno Fernandes relishes the responsibility of helping to bring silverware back to Manchester United as the Portuguese playmaker prepares for his first encounter with rivals Liverpool.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp does not consider Manchester United underdogs in this season’s title race and has never seen them in that light.
Frank Lampard has hit out at Premier League inconsistency in fixture scheduling, lamenting ‘nobody came to help us’ when Chelsea played two games in 48 hours at Christmas.