Man City title hopes hit by 3-0 defeat to Liverpool

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp celebrates with Nathaniel Clyne at the end of the game Liverpool v Manchester City - Barclays Premier League - Anfield - 2/3/16 Reuters / Phil Noble
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp celebrates with Nathaniel Clyne at the end of the game Liverpool v Manchester City - Barclays Premier League - Anfield - 2/3/16 Reuters / Phil Noble

Manchester

City's Premier League title hopes were dealt another stinging blow as Liverpool gained revenge for their League Cup final defeat with a comprehensive 3-0 win at Anfield on Wednesday.

Three days after

City

lifted the first silverware of the season, their hopes of claiming another trophy in

Manuel Pellegrini's final season were hit by first-half goals from Adam Lallana and James Milner and a late strike from Roberto Firmino.

City

have now lost three successive Premier League games and are 10 points behind leaders Leicester

City.

Lallana opened the scoring with a speculative effort from distance, Milner doubled the lead when he toe-poked home and

City

were unpicked again when Firmino swept home from 15 metres after being teed up by Lallana.