Manchester City sweep past 10-man Liverpool at Anfield

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Updated / Sunday, 11 Oct 2026 18:31 Getty Erling Haaland celebrates in front of the Manchester City fans at Anfield Uncertainty may surround Manchester City's future but nothing changed for them on the pitch as the Premier League leaders successfully came through their first public examination since being found guilty by an independent commission. Virgil van Dijk surveys his options in front of the Kop Subsitute Jeremy Doku, who helped turn the game the visitors’ way after coming on in the 56th minute, curled home a second and Rayan Cherki rolled in a third to allow Maresca the luxury of resting Haaland with 10 minutes remaining with their first back-to-back league wins at Anfield since January 1953 safely secured.

Liverpool fans have reason more than most to feel aggrieved at City’s sham contracts which allowed them to inject £830m of inflated income over nine seasons, having been beaten to the title three times by their north-west rivals. The resumption of the Premier League allowed them first go at venting their fury but they will not be the last.

Liverpool’s dominance of the first half – City did not have a shot until the 35th minute – began to evaporate after the break after Koumas and Gravenberch had shots parried by Gianluigi Donnarumma and Mac Allister fired wide in the space of a minute. Doku and Cherki ensured Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola’s first defeat was a painful one.