Liverpool lived up to their billing as the biggest threat to Manchester City retaining the Premier League title as both sides shone on the opening weekend of the season.
So often outgunned by the oil wealth of Abu Dhabi backed City or commercial giants Manchester United in recent years, Liverpool were the biggest spenders from the world's richest league this summer with a reported 170 million pounds ($217 million) splurge in the transfer market.
The first return on that investment came in Sunday's 4-0 thrashing of a limited West Ham that even Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted "are not the Uniteds or Citys."
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