Man City's on-pitch arguments show why they are still in the title race and Liverpool are not

It wasn't quite Mo Salah and Jurgen Klopp, but Manchester City's body language in the first half at Nottingham Forest was hardly harmonious.

Pep Guardiola was more animated than usual, and was taking the time during stoppages to chastise players who were giving the ball away - whether it was Kyle Walker, Josko Gvardiol or Rodri. At one point, after Gvardiol had given City the lead, the Croatian raced into the box, missed the header completely and Forest then almost scored by targeting the space he had vacated in defence.

Guardiola was livid, asking his bench what on earth Gvardiol thought he was doing. At the break, after Forest spurned two sitters from a combined total of seven yards, Guardiola looked furious as he took off to the dressing room. If the documentary cameras are filming this season, then there may be another City Ground row on the cards given the stoney faces among the Blues contingent.

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The mood among his players was hardly much better. Nathan Ake and Rodri were involved in a disagreement over something - but not one that strayed into the concerning kind of argument - and Jack Grealish was unhappy as he spoke to the fourth official. This was a game City were leading, but their reaction wouldn't have backed up the scoreline. Possibly because they knew their lead was fortunate. Chris Wood inexplicably missed his second sitter of the game shortly after the restart, and Guardiola was getting increasingly agitated on the very edge of his technical area as his side struggled for control.

He had tried to calm things down by taking off the ineffective Jeremy Doku for the more calming