Chelsea and Liverpool show it will be no title procession for Man City

Manchester City are top of the league again but it won't be another title procession for Pep Guardiola judging by the standards Chelsea and Liverpool set at Stamford Bridge.

It was a really great game to watch, high intensity and high quality, and even though City are rightly the bookies title favourites, they have a couple of serious challengers to watch out for.

Jurgen Klopp has built Liverpool over the past couple of years so their strength is no real surprise, but I have to confess Chelsea look far better than I thought they would this quickly under a new manager, Maurizio Sarri.

Chelsea showed a real togetherness in Saturday night's game. They have not only beaten and drawn with Liverpool over the last few days, it's how they have competed that's impressed me.

They've had the confidence to play out against one of the best pressing teams in Europe, a radical change from the more pragmatic Antonio Conte.

There were great performances from players on both teams, not least the four centre-halves. Virgil van Dijk was incredible after his injury scare and David Luiz was brilliant for Chelsea, both defensively and going forward.

Chelsea seem to have an advantage at the moment because their star man Eden Hazard is firing while Mohamed Salah isn't scoring as prolifically for Liverpool as we saw last season.

To me, Salah looked sharp and I don't think it'll be long before he's back to last season's form. The game can be about fine margins and from what I saw Salah is getting in the right places, doing the right things.

That final little bit is missing but if he continues to play as he's doing, the golden touch will return.

The biggest bonus for Klopp is Daniel Sturridge. I said in the summer he could save Liverpool money in the transfer market and he's shown what an impact he can make if he's patient.

Roberto Firmino is Liverpool's first-choice striker but Sturridge must be the best second-choice in the Premier League.