Premier League: Man City defeats Liverpool 3-0, silencing hostile Anfield crowd

Manchester Metropolis silenced a hostile Anfield crowd as second-half targets from Erling ‌Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki secured a 3-0 victory over 10-man ​Liverpool on Sunday (October 12, 2026) and maintained the Premier League leaders’ good begin to ⁠the season.

Metropolis had been enjoying for the primary time since an impartial fee found them guilty of 114 breaches of the league’s financial rules, and had been greeted by deafening boos and offended chants.

However Enzo Maresca’s ‌facet stood agency towards Liverpool’s early stress and a fevered environment earlier than taking management after Ryan Gravenberch was despatched off within the 62nd minute for ‌a second reserving following a foul on Doku.

Haaland sparks rout for Metropolis

Haaland then struck three ‌minutes ⁠later, smashing a left-footed shot previous Alisson after Doku labored the ball ⁠into the field and his tried shot was deflected into the trail of the large Norwegian.

Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland celebrates after the match
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Haaland made a beeline to have fun with the travelling Metropolis followers together with Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher.

Doku doubled the lead within the ​68th minute with a stunning long-range shot ‌that curled into the far high nook. Cherki accomplished the rout and despatched scores of Liverpool followers heading to the exits — within the 78th minute when he let the ball roll by way of to Josko Gvardiol earlier than turning into the field to fulfill ‌his teammate’s move and slot the ball house.

“It was a stunning second that ​will stick with us a very long time,” Man Metropolis striker Haaland advised Sky Sports activities.

“It’s time to remain sturdy and stick collectively and do what ⁠you are able to do one thing about, stick collectively.”

Man Metropolis midfielder Elliot Anderson mentioned Metropolis’s unity had stood out.

“We have proven actual togetherness and combat. It is a powerful place to come back and it is difficult,” ‌he mentioned.

“We actually caught collectively on the market, fought for one another and performed effectively.”

The Liverpool followers left on the remaining whistle chanted “Happening! Going Down! Going Down!” in reference to Metropolis’s potential relegation. The membership have denied all wrongdoing, and have appealed the impartial fee’s verdict.

Metropolis delivers defiant response

A defiant Haaland and Maresca grinned and pumped their fists on the Metropolis followers, who delightedly waved inflatable bananas, a practice courting from their outing of ‌the highest flight within the Nineteen Eighties.

The victory gave Metropolis six wins from six and moved them three factors ​away from Arsenal on 18 factors, offering a forceful response on the pitch after a turbulent week away from it. Liverpool are ninth after their ⁠first league lack of the season.

Maresca is just the fourth supervisor to win their first ⁠six Premier League matches accountable for a membership, after Pep Guardiola (Metropolis in 2016), Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea, 2009) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United, 2018-19).

Metropolis’s resounding victory comes with ‌caveats. Whereas they continue to be firmly in management on the high of the league, their good begin more and more stands in distinction to the uncertainty surrounding the membership, with the ​fallout from the monetary guidelines verdict leaving way more questions than solutions about what comes subsequent.