Liverpool took another step towards the Premier League title with a 2-0 win at Manchester City, talisman Mohamed Salah scoring the first and setting up Dominik Szoboszlai for the second.

Arne Slot's side have 64 points from 27 games, 11 ahead of second-placed Arsenal, who have a game in hand. City are fourth on 44 points as their early-season quest for a fifth successive league title has turned into a chase for Champions League football.

Salah scored his league-leading 25th goal of the season in the 14th minute with a fierce shot from near the top of the box that deflected off the outstretched foot of City defender Nathan Ake and past goalkeeper Ederson.

Szoboszlai took advantage of City's sloppy defending to double the lead in the 37th minute. Salah found the unmarked Hungary international in the box and he slotted home a simple pass to the dismay of the City fans, whose gloomy mood was matched by the driving rain.

Thousands were gone by the time the final whistle blew, while the Liverpool fans sang jubilantly: "We're going to win the league."

Salah, 32, has scored and assisted in 11 league games this season, the most by a player in a single campaign in one of Europe's big five leagues since Lionel Messi's 11 for Barcelona in 2014-15.

The visitors had done enough, though, and were delighted to have beaten City home and away for the first time since 2015-16.