Man City Beat 10-man Liverpool to Stay Perfect

Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday 11 October 2026, according to Reuters. Manchester City stayed perfect in the Premier League with six wins from six, as Ryan Gravenberch's second yellow card changed a goalless match. Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki scored after that.

Overview of the Match Goals

The first half produced few chances. Haaland missed a one-on-one with Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker before the red card. The game was evenly matched until the 62nd minute, when Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch was sent off after a second yellow card.

Erling Haaland opened the scoring for Manchester City in the 65th minute, smashing a left-footed shot past Alisson after Jeremy Doku's attempted shot was deflected into his path. Doku doubled Manchester City's lead in the 68th minute with a long-range shot that curled into the far top corner. Rayan Cherki completed the scoring in the 78th minute, collecting Joško Gvardiol's flick, beating his marker and finishing from close range.

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Team News, Reaction and Context

Lewis Koumas, the Wales international, made his first Premier League start for Liverpool as the focal point of the attack, according to Liverpool FC. Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Alexander Isak were all unavailable for this match.

It was Liverpool's first league loss of the season. Andoni Iraola, Liverpool's manager, said his players were very good for the first hour and that City were obviously better afterwards. He criticised the refereeing and said the first yellow card, one of two that led to Gravenberch's dismissal, was nothing and a normal foul.

Elliot Anderson, City's midfielder, said City had shown real togetherness and fight, and that it was a tough place to come. Enzo Maresca, the City manager, said the club must learn to deal with the noise at away grounds and that City's answer is to win games.

This was City's first match since an independent commission found the club guilty of 114 breaches of the Premier League's financial rules. City deny wrongdoing and have appealed the verdict.

Liverpool supporters chanted that City were going down at the final whistle.

Reuters reported that Maresca joins only three other managers to win each of their first six Premier League matches with a club: Guardiola at City in 2016, Ancelotti at Chelsea in 2009 and Solskjær at Manchester United in 2018.

The Table

Manchester City are top of the Premier League on 18 points, three clear of Arsenal on 15. Liverpool are ninth in the table on nine points, level with Leeds United, Hull City and Ipswich Town and nine behind Manchester City.

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Manchester City 6 6 0 0 16 5 +11 18
Arsenal 6 5 0 1 10 5 +5 15
Brighton & Hove Albion 6 4 1 1 18 5 +13 13
Brentford 6 2 4 0 12 6 +6 10
Everton 6 2 4 0 8 5 +3 10
Chelsea 6 3 1 2 15 13 +2 10
Leeds United 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9
Hull City 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9
Liverpool 6 2 3 1 7 7 0 9
Ipswich Town 6 3 0 3 9 12 −3 9
Newcastle United 5 2 2 1 9 9 0 8
Crystal Palace 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7
Manchester United 6 1 3 2 9 9 0 6
Nottingham Forest 6 1 2 3 5 8 −3 5
Aston Villa 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5
Sunderland 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
AFC Bournemouth 6 0 3 3 7 13 −6 3
Tottenham Hotspur 6 0 3 3 3 9 −6 3
Coventry City 5 1 0 4 1 10 −9 3
Fulham 6 0 2 4 6 10 −4 2

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