The gap between the two sides may stand at only five points but in truth it is far greater than the Premier League table shows. "That's the only thing I'm concerned about. Everything else is beyond me. "That is what Malan will do a lot of the time. I would be wary of him eating up balls on occasion and leaving too much to do for the hitters down the end." At Anfield, as at the Etihad Stadium and against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium, the gulf was apparent all over the pitch.