Reds well beaten: Man City 3-0 LFC

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City who have had problems of their own cemented their place as Arsenal's serious challengers for this season's title as they comprehensively defeated Arne Slot's side and put to an end what had been a good week for the reds. Clearly he is undergoing a long integration into the team and his young age means he will have the opportunity to develop further but there is no doubt that Luis Diaz replaced by Wirtz on that left wing is currently hampering the reds.

A soft penalty was awarded to City in the early stages which thankfully Mamardashvili managed to keep out from Haaland, but the big Viking got his goal moments later. The reds thought they had equalised with a fine header from Virgil van Dijk but VAR intervened, harshly, to rule the goal out saying that Andy Robertson was interfering with play.

Cody Gakpo, off the bench, should have reignited Liverpool's fire but he missed from six yards out and Jeremy Doku scored a fine third goal after turning the tanker that is Ibrahima Konate inside out. There is no question that the reds have had a difficult six or so weeks of opposition - there have been no games that were certainties.