Manchester City saw off Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table.
Ilkay Gundogan netted twice for City after Rodrigo had opened the scoring from the penalty spot in Saturday's clash at the Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola's men are now seven points clear at the summit, with a game in hand. though Manchester United can close the gap at West Bromwich Albion today.
Elsewhere on Saturday, defending champions Liverpool suffered a 3-1 defeat at Leicester City. Liverpool were leading 1-0 through Mohamed Salah's 67th-minute opener in Saturday's Premier League showdown.
However, the Foxes hit back with three goals in the closing stages - from James Maddison, Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes - to win 3-1. It was Liverpool's third consecutive league defeats and prompted manager Jurgen Klopp to write off any hopes of retaining the title this season.
Here's a round-up of what some of our colleagues in the national media made of events at the Etihad and King Power Stadium.
BBC Sport on City
After last week's win at Liverpool, when Gundogan became the third City player to miss from the spot, Guardiola suggested goalkeeper Ederson might be next in line.
It was not entirely clear whether the City boss was joking. Certainly Ederson did not think so judging by the way the Brazilian strode purposefully forward after the foul on Gundogan by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg had been confirmed by the video assistant referee.
It took a firm hand from Bernardo Silva to stop him and there was an element of disgruntlement at the way Ederson went back to his position as Rodri found the net.
It was easy to have sympathy for the City keeper. Aside from the Harry Kane free-kick that hit the post in the opening minutes, Ederson had virtually nothing to do until Erik Lamela fired straight at him just before the hour.
His disappointment did not last, though. When he dropped a superb long ball from the edge of his own area over the visitors' defence for Gundogan, the German ensured Ederson could claim the assist to a quite brilliant goal as he got the better of Davinson Sanchez before finishing superbly.
From 70 yards away, Ederson celebrated with a wide smile and a thumbs up.
Telegraph on City
Nothing epitomised the confidence coursing through this relentless Manchester City side quite like their third goal. Ederson, frustrated not to have been given the chance to take an earlier penalty, managed the next best thing by spearing a stunning 90-yard pass on to the toe of Ilkay Gundogan and, from there, City’s man of the moment twisted the knife into a tired, demoralised Tottenham Hotspur by exhibiting all the ruthless nonchalance of a 30-goal-a-season striker.
One touch to kill the ball, another to cut inside poor Davinson Sanchez after bumping the Spurs defender aside and then a serene left-foot finish low into the corner that wrongfooted Hugo Lloris. Gundogan was mobbed by team-mates at one end and a beaming Ederson, revelling in his splendid assist, by blue shirts at the other.
Having got the ball rolling for City by winning what Jose Mourinho witheringly described as a “modern penalty”, this was the Germany midfelder’s second goal of the night and 11th in his past 12 Premier League outings and earned City a record-equalling ninth consecutive top flight win. Only Bolton Wanderers, in 1906, and Manchester United, 12 years ago, have achieved that before. All told, City - unbeaten in 23 matches now - have won 16 games on the bounce in all competitions.
Independent on City
On a day when Jurgen Klopp acknowledged the Premier League title fight is over for Liverpool, Manchester City perhaps showed that nobody is close enough to have a chance of closing the gap already.
Gundogan went off injured, which is a worry, but his goalscoring form of late has helped City show the kind of consistency no other club has come close to managing this season.
Seven points is the gap, but they also still have a game in hand on Leicester and are a further point ahead of Man United.
Perhaps this, in the weeks to come, might allow Guardiola and his side to really focus on the prize of the Champions League
Meanwhile, here's how Liverpool's defeat at Leicester was reported...
BBC Sport on Liverpool
Liverpool's unimpressive defence of their Premier League title suffered more embarrassment as they cast aside a position of relative control at Leicester to capitulate at the first sign of a setback.
Jurgen Klopp's side are unrecognisable from the overpowering combination of talent and concrete-clad self-belief that swept aside all challengers last season to win their first title in 30 years.
The Reds had plenty of possession, without much punch, until Salah put them ahead - and the warning signs had been posted in the first half when Vardy headed straight at Alisson and struck the bar with two chances he would normally have taken.
There was an element of controversy surrounding Maddison's equaliser for Leicester but it was the lack of response - a total capitulation, in fact - that will be of huge concern to Klopp as his side lost a third successive league game for the first time since November 2014, when Rodgers was in charge.
Telegraph on Liverpool
The aura of invincibility around Jurgen Klopp’s champions dissipated a long time ago, but as they were demolished with three Leicester City goals in seven minutes it was possible to wonder what might be left if their injury-cursed decline continues on the recent trajectory.
An astonishing climax to a gripping match saw Brendan Rodgers inflict a defeat on his Anfield successor that places Liverpool’s ambitions of a top four finish in real doubt, and asks all sorts of questions about their state of mind. In that period of disintegration, Klopp turned to argue with the Leicester entourage in the stand behind him at an otherwise empty King Power, Jamie Vardy strummed a guitar-substitute corner flag in celebration and the close-ups on Liverpool faces were pure dejection.
Daily Mail on Liverpool
At the peak of Liverpool’s dominance a year ago, this seemed unimaginable. The impregnable, all-conquering red machine of last season has two wins in ten Premier League games. They have five defeats in the last seven games in all competitions. More worryingly, they fell apart here in a seven-minute spell of calamity, confusion and controversy surrounding VAR.
They look utterly beaten now. Like Manchester City last season, the rapidity of their fall from the mountain top of excellence to this, a chaotic, shambolic title defence is startling. Jurgen Klopp conceded again here that the title is beyond his team. No-one thought to ask Brendan Rodgers, whose Leicester City side now sit second. His tactical bravery and his team’s determination meant this victory was ultimately deserved, for all Liverpool’s domination.
