Man City vs Liverpool ref watch: Three decisions Chris Kavanagh got absolutely wrong

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After Arsenal dropped points against Sunderland on Saturday, Man City and Liverpool had an opportunity to close the gap on the Gunners, and it was Pep Guardiola’s men who seized that chance. Haaland’s brilliant glancing header put his side in front before a Nico Gonzalez thunderbolt doubled City’s lead on the stroke of half-time.

Credit: (Imago)Jeremy Doku shouldn’t have been awarded a penaltyDoku continued his recent stunning form against Liverpool by terrorising Conor Bradley down the left flank. Credit: ImagoVirgil van Dijk’s goal was wrongly ruled outLiverpool were hard done by against Man City, as another decision arguably went against them when Virgil van Dijk’s goal was ruled out.

Van Dijk directed Mohamed Salah’s corner past Gianluigi Donnarumma with a bullet header, but the goal was disallowed after Andy Robertson was deemed to be infringing the goalkeeper. All in all, Liverpool were deservedly beaten by City, though some key decisions did go against them and that would have frustrated Slot.