Pep’s area of concern

MO with the flow at the Etihad, and play for penalties in the title-race six-pointer between Manchester City and Liverpool (4.30pm).

Get on ‘a penalty is scored in the match’ at 9/5 (Paddy) – and give three cheers for the bold boffins of Stockley Park.

Spot-kick king Mo Salah (above) is the sort of goal-machine Pep Guardiola has somehow never quite managed to acquire for City. Jurgen Klopp finds goals in his sleep – Diogo Jota the latest to arrive with his scoring boots on.

The career head-tohead record suggests Klopp has his own feet well under the table in Guardiola’s noggin too.

Out-bought and out-thought then?

No, but Pep’s cloak of invincibility did fall away last season, with 12 defeats. Roberto Mancini got sacked for 10.

Yes, City got a huge 102 Prem goals, but 51 of them came from just 10 very lopsided victories.

There’s counting goals, then there’s scoring the goals that count.

Worldie hunters must hope Pep’s been sharpening big tool Aymeric Laporte to exploit Liverpool’s aerial weakness with no Virgil van Dijk. Punt Laporte ‘anytime’ at 14/1 (888sport, Unibet).

Last week: Winners at 11/5, 5/6, 21/20 and 13/5