It was a thrilling time for City at the Etihad Stadium as they marked Pep Guardiola’s 1000th game in charge of City with a great result while also givling Liverpool their fourth consecutive Premier League away loss, making their such run since the 2012 campaign. Meanwhile, Erling Haaland got his 99th Premier League (PL) goal raising City’s goal tally to the same as league leaders, Arsenal (15), with just four points between them. This loss sends the Reds to eight position in the league standings while the hosts move to second place.
Match Overview
City started out very confidently as Giorgi Mamardashvili found himself in serious trouble when his knee caught Doku who was trying to get into shooting position in the box. The resulting penalty was then saved by the Georgian shot-stopper who dived low to stop Haaland from getting the opener.
Notwithstanding, the hosts were unrelenting as they threatened through Ryan Cherki who struck a shot which deflected over the bar. Shortly afterwards, an Doku worked his way to getting a shot off towards the near post but Mamardashvili was abl to make a save.
With 29 minutes on the clock, Haaland struck despite Konaté’s attempt to intervene, with a stunning header from a Matheus Nunes’ searching ball.
The Reds who trailed throughout the first half were very close to a leveler after a great corner delivery from Salah was headed home by Virgil van Dijk but was ruled out after a VAR check that found Andrew Robertson in an offside position.
It appeared like the Reds had attained some level of control until City reasserted their dominance in the stoppage time of halftime when van Dijk deflected Nico Gonzalez’s low effort past Mamardashvili giving City a comfortable 2:0 lead.
Liverpool almost found their way back in the second half as they saw two of Bradley’s crosses turned over. However. Doku buried all hopes of a turnaround for the visitors when he curled in the third for City. Szoboszlai then tried to get a consolation for the visitors but Donnarumma denied the rifled shot just before Salah dinked a nice effort wide.
Upcoming fixtures
Manchester City:
Newcastle (A) – 22/11/2025 18:30 Premier League
Bayer Leverkusen (H) – 25/11/2025 21:00 UEFA Champions League -League phase
Leeds (H) – 29/11/2025 16:00 Premier League
Liverpool:
Nottingham (H) – 22/11/2025 16:00 Premier League
PSV (H) – 26/11/2025 21:00 UEFA Champions League -League phase
West Ham (A) – 30/11/2025 15:05 Premier League
