Manchester City go into the international break four points behind leaders Arsenal after a convincing 3-0 win against defending champions Liverpool.
Erling Haaland and Nico Gonzalez put City in charge with first-half goals before Jeremy Doku completed a man-of-the-match performance with a third.
Arne Slot’s side were in a confident mood coming into the tie after their midweek win against Real Madrid.
Their mood was further lifted after Haaland saw his 13th-minute penalty expertly saved by Giorgi Mamardashvili.
However, Haaland was not to be denied on 29 minutes and headed home the opening goal.
Liverpool felt they should have equalised nine minutes later through a Virgil van Dijk’s header. However, VAR ruled the goal out due to an offside Andrew Robertson who was judged to have impeded the goalkeeper.
City responded and on the stroke of half-time doubled their lead with a powerful Gonzalez strike.
Just as Liverpool were starting to turn momentum in the second half, up stepped Doku to seal the win with a curling strike from outside the box.
Pep Guardiola celebrated the 716th win in his managerial career which reached the landmark of 1,000 games.
Source: adomonline.com
