Top of the Premier League by one point, ahead of Pep Guardiola’s multi-talented Manchester City team, and yet Liverpool are “bottling it”, apparently.

Recent discussion around Jürgen Klopp’s side has focused on why they seem to be stuttering their way through this tight title race. While there have certainly been some overreactions to recent form (four draws in their past five games in all competitions) it is fair to say they looked out of sorts in their 0-0 draw against an injury-hit Manchester United.

But have they dropped their standards on the pitch? And what went wrong against United? For this week’s Game Dissected we take a look at Liverpool and ask: “How’s your bottle?”

Not fitting the narrative

Well, Liverpool’s bottle might be