Liverpool 0-3 Man City: Highlights, stats, man of the match as Jeremy Doku changes the game

Manchester City stunned Anfield into soundlessness by beating Liverpool 3-0 successful the Premier League connected Sunday evening. 

A intimately contested archetypal 45 minutes saw some teams conflict to make immoderate existent chances of note, with neither Liverpool oregon Manchester City genuinely threatening their opponents arsenic the people remained goalless astatine the break. 

A akin signifier emerged successful the opening stages of the 2nd fractional earlier Ryan Gravenberch's dismissal for a 2nd yellowish paper turned the crippled successful Manchester City's favour. 

The Citizens swiftly capitalised connected their advantage, with Erling Haaland firing the visitors into the pb and Jeremy Doku adding a 2nd wrong six minutes of the sending off. 

Rayan Cherki past added a 3rd aft a superb solo tally with conscionable implicit 10 minutes to play, sealing a fantastic triumph successful what had each the makings to beryllium a challenging clash for the Citizens. 

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

After the quality during the planetary interruption of Manchester City being recovered blameworthy of 114 charges, a travel to Anfield was viewed arsenic arguably the worst lucifer the Citizens could face. 

While the reception was initially fiery, Man City expertly subdued the supporters with their calm beingness and power of the ball. 

The lucifer was mostly evenly divided until Gravenberch's 2nd yellow, astatine which constituent Man City showed their prime with 3 superb goals to wholly soundlessness Anfield and locomotion distant with each 3 points. 

The questions will, undoubtedly, proceed regarding their off-pitch situation, but 1 happening is for certain, Man City's prime connected the transportation tin not beryllium questioned. 

LIVERPOOL VS. MANCHESTER CITY HIGHLIGHTS

62nd min: Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) reddish card

Ryan Gravenberch is OFF ? https://t.co/IVIHNzqw6k

Gravenberch is fixed a reddish card!

The midfielder has already been booked earlier successful the game, and the referee awards a 2nd yellowish aft Gravenberch brought down the advancing Jeremy Doku.

Liverpool person plentifulness of enactment to bash with 10 men now!

Erling Haaland extremity vs. Liverpool (65th min, Liverpool 0-1 Manchester City)

Erling Haaland gives Manchester City the pb against Liverpool ? https://t.co/cELo5y60Fk

Haaland gives Man City the pb moments aft the reddish card!

Doku drives towards the backtracking Ronald Araujo and cuts inside, with the winger's effort cannoning disconnected Alexis Mac Allister. 

The shot diverts towards Haaland, who fires a almighty effort past Alisson and into the backmost of the net.

Jeremy Doku extremity vs. Liverpool (68th min, Liverpool 0-2 Manchester City)

"It's a GEM" ? A beauteous onslaught from Jérémy Doku to treble Man City's lead! https://t.co/lCUFfQmdLC

Doku hands Man City a quickfire second!

A agelong shot is switched retired wide to Doku connected the near flank, and the winger drives guardant towards the punishment area. 

Doku slows down and past swiftly bursts wrong onto his close ft earlier firing a curling effort into the acold country - a fantastic idiosyncratic goal.

Rayan Cherki extremity vs. Liverpool (78th min, Liverpool 0-3 Manchester City)

A infinitesimal of idiosyncratic brilliance from Rayan Cherki to enactment the crippled beyond each uncertainty ? https://t.co/wvmTMZcGhW

That is sensational from Cherki, 3-0 to Man City!

Man City expertly interchange wrong the Liverpool punishment area, with Josko Gvardiol's flick uncovering Cherki. 

Cherki chops wrong the sliding Jeremie Frimpong and slots underneath Alisson, adding a beauteous third. 

MAN OF THE MATCH - JEREMY DOKU

Doku entered with the lucifer inactive goalless, and conscionable 12 minutes aboriginal Man City had a 2-0 pb and a antheral vantage - with the Belgian having a manus successful each 3 events. 

Doku was brought down by Gravenberch for the midfielder's 2nd yellowish card, the winger's deflected changeable was turned location by Haaland and the Belgian past spectacularly recovered the apical corner. 

While Elliot Anderson besides impressed astatine the basal of midfield, Doku's game-changing interaction is, therefore, deserving of our award.

LIVERPOOL VS. MANCHESTER CITY MATCH STATS

Possession: Liverpool 35%-65% Manchester City

Shots: Liverpool 13-15 Manchester City

Shots connected target: Liverpool 6-4 Manchester City

Corners: Liverpool 5-6 Manchester City

Fouls: Liverpool 19-14 Manchester City

BEST STATS

18 - There were 18 fouls successful the archetypal fractional of Liverpool (10) v Manchester City (8) - the astir successful the archetypal fractional of a Premier League crippled astatine Anfield since Liverpool v Arsenal successful November 2021 (also 18). Fiery. https://t.co/3B81GH9hW8

WHAT NEXT?

Up adjacent for Liverpool is simply a travel to Austria to look LASK Linz successful the Champions League league phase. 

Meanwhile, Manchester City instrumentality to the Etihad Stadium to instrumentality connected Paris Saint-Germain successful the Champions League.