Pep Guardiola says that Liverpool are the only team left in the Premier League who are prepared to take on his team as equals.
The Manchester City manager saw Everton sit in and defend as his Blues side hammered away at them in a tense encounter at Goodison Park on Saturday eventually won by Phil Foden's late strike.
And he said that virtually the whole league now takes that approach, by setting their team up to defend deep and try to counter-attack.
Asked if he has found teams are sitting deeper and deeper against his side this season, having had their fingers burned by trying to go toe to toe with them, Guardiola said: "Yeah.
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