Van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk has cracked the top five in Liverpool's power rankings. Joe Gomez is also flying high after combining to nullify Man City star Erling ...

But he was at last back to his imperious best against [Liverpool](https://www.liverpool.com) defence, helping to shut out a Manchester City front line spearheaded by Erling Haaland. While it wasn’t enough to earn the Reds a point, Firmino did get the nod ahead of [Erling Haaland](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-man-city-erling-haaland-25278051) and Manchester City on Sunday. Liverpool have ended a Premier League victory drought stretching back to the end of August by beating Manchester City 1-0 at Anfield, courtesy of a Mohamed Salah goal. [Darwin Núñez](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/darwin-nunez-liverpool-manchester-city-25279549) for the visit of Manchester City. [Virgil van Dijk](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-virgil-van-dijk-return-25088081) this time following an injury to Ibrahima Konaté. [Mohamed Salah](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-man-city-highlights-salah-25280942) was the hero against Manchester City on Sunday, scoring the winning goal 15 minutes from time, but his rating has actually fallen from 7.15. [Luis Díaz](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/luis-diaz-injury-liverpool-nunez-25224832). [Sign up to the Liverpool.com newsletter here — it only takes a few seconds!](https://www.liverpool.com/newsletter-preference-centre/) [Roberto Firmino](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/transfer-news/liverpool-transfer-fsg-roberto-firmino-25275815) led the way [in our last update](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-power-rankings-roberto-firmino-25167934), and he’s managed to hold onto top spot even though his rating has fallen considerably from the score of 7.67 he averaged last time out. [Liverpool handed huge Premier League advantage at last as Man City can kickstart major chance](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-man-city-premier-league-25281241)