Noel Gallagher believes Liverpool’s ‘best years’ are behind them after their defeat to Manchester City on Sunday.
City are now 10 points ahead of Liverpool, and five clear of Manchester United, with a game in hand on both sides, following their victory at Anfield.
Ilkay Gundogan, who had already missed a first half penalty, fired Pep Guardiola’s side ahead before Mohamed Salah's 63rd-minute penalty restored parity.
But two unforced errors in the space of four minutes from Alisson Becker allowed Gundogan and Raheem Sterling to hand City a two-goal cushion heading into the final 14 minutes.
Phil Foden then capped a fine individual display with a late fourth to hand City their first win at Anfield since 2003.
And Gallagher, who claimed that Liverpool wouldn't be able to compete with City before the Reds won the league last season believes the result marks the end of an era for the Klopp's side, with the title now very much City’s to lose.
“All the great managers I’ve said when you win it’s the end of something not the beginning of something, you’ve got to go again,” the former Oasis band member told talkSPORT.
“I never thought I’d see City win a title, never mind back-to-back titles. But I think with Liverpool their best years were spent getting there. Now they’re there, I think they’re done.”
Before Gallagher continued: “All I’ve heard for the last 48 hours is that Liverpool have been the best team in England for the last four years so it’s inevitable. But then I think they must’ve won a barrel-load of trophies because I can only count one!
“So presumably you’re saying City have been the second best team in England for the last four years and I lost count after the six trophies we won. I didn’t bother counting after that!
“I don’t know where all this nonsense has come from but Liverpool are going to have to go some way to be worse champions than we were in the 60s when we won one year and got relegated the next.”
