Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool players were breathing hard as the final whistle blew in their 1-1 draw at Manchester City. With the point they gained at the Etihad Stadium, Klopp's team move four clear of fifth-placed Manchester United in the race for Champions League qualification.

Pep Guardiola's home side were similarly drained, but given that they arrived back in Manchester on Thursday from a draining Champions League defeat against Monaco the previous evening, their heavy legs were to be expected.

Liverpool have now played 38 games in all competitions this season, which is seven fewer than City and 10 fewer than United. As such, the Anfield club should be approaching the run-in with energy in their hearts and minds, but Jose Mourinho will have been heartened by the manner of Liverpool's failure to hang on to the lead given to them by James Milner's penalty.

That they dropped two points will boost United, who could yet play a further 16 games in the Premier League and Europa League combined and who themselves resembled a group of players dragging over the line in the final half-hour of their 3-1 victory at Middlesbrough. Their fatigue is understandable, and the fixture list could yet prove too much over the next nine weeks.