Kevin de Bruyne fires subtle swipe at Liverpool with tweet as Man City thrash Newcastle

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Liverpool with a cheeky tweet after Manchester City edged ahead of their title rivals on Sunday.The Reds dropped precious points against Tottenham on Saturday night - and the reigning Premier League champions took full advantage by smashing Newcastle 5-0 at the Etihad to open up a three-point lead over their rivals at the top of the table.Aymeric Laporte, Rodri and Phil Foden were all on target in the resounding win, which was started and finished with goals from Raheem Sterling.

Despite not getting on the scoresheet, De Bruyne was influential for City throughout the match - and the Belgian maestro couldn't resist taking a cheeky dig at Liverpool on social media later that night.After Liverpool briefly leapfrogged City at the top of the table last week, the Premier League tweeted an assortment of pictures of the Reds win with the caption: "One step closer," only for the tweet to be deleted.But after fans asked where City's own version of the tweet was after they edged back into pole position for the title, De Bruyne took it upon himself to do the honours - leaving City fans delighted.De Bruyne's cheeky post came just hours after City boss Pep Guardiola upped the ante in the title race by launching a sensational attack on Liverpool in his post-match press conference.Do you think Man City will win the Premier League title?

Let us know what you think in the comments section.The City chief brought up the Reds agonising 30-year title drought and even claimed that his side were up against it because "everyone supports Liverpool".He told beIN SPORTS:“Everyone in this country supports Liverpool, the media and everyone, of course because Liverpool has an incredible history behind in European competition - not in Premier Leagues,.