Liverpool vs Manchester City 0-3

Manchester City won 3-0 at Anfield after Ryan Gravenberch was sent off and the visitors scored three times in the last half-hour. Erling Haaland opened the scoring on 65 minutes, Jeremy Doku doubled the lead on 68 minutes, and Rayan Cherki sealed it on 78 minutes.

The first half ended goalless, although Liverpool had already picked up two bookings. Ronald Araujo was booked in the 8th minute and Ryan Gravenberch was shown a yellow card on 47 minutes, leaving it 0-0 at the break.

The match changed on 62 minutes when Gravenberch was shown a red card. City had already introduced Jeremy Doku in the 56th minute, and he scored on 68 minutes from an Elliot Anderson assist. City then made two changes on 66 minutes, with Josko Gvardiol replacing Nico O'Reilly before Gvardiol supplied the assist for Cherki's goal on 78 minutes. Liverpool made two changes on 75 minutes and two more on 88 minutes, but they did not score.

The statistics pointed to City having more of the game. They had 64% possession and 546 passes to Liverpool's 296, while Liverpool had 13 shots to City's 14 and 6 shots on target to City's 4. Liverpool also had 5 corners to City's 6, 2 offsides to City's 2, 1 save to City's 6, and xG of 0.94 to City's 1.3.

Liverpool collected 19 fouls to City's 14. Both sides finished with 2 yellow cards. Liverpool's bookings went to Ronald Araujo, Ryan Gravenberch and Virgil van Dijk, while City booked Nico O'Reilly and Ayyoub Bouaddi, and Gravenberch also saw red in the 62nd minute.