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Manchester City ran riot at Anfield after a red card for Ryan Gravenberch helped them secure a 3-0 win over Liverpool in their first match since the seismic guilty verdict over breaching the Premier League’s financial rules.
The league leaders were welcomed with a hostile reception in a frenetic start at Anfield, though neither side could create clear-cut chances despite threatening in a frantic first half
Liverpool were arguably the better of the two sides and they started the second half well, putting pressure on the visitors before Gravenberch was given a second yellow card for bringing down Jeremy Doku.
Enzo Maresca’s side dominated from the moment the Dutchman went off, with Erling Haaland opening the scoring a few minutes later with an emphatic finish before Doku added a second with a superb curled effort.
And there was still time for Rayan Cherki to add a brilliant third, the Frenchman dummying past Frimpong before slipping a cool finish past Alisson to keep City’s 100% winning record intact and send them three points clear at the summit of the Premier League.
Follow all the reaction from Anfield with our live blog below:
Man City blow Liverpool away at Anfield – but is it all meaningless?
Three brilliant finishes, and possibly the only ending this freak match was ever going to have.
Manchester City abrasively drive on amidst it all, absolutely revelling in a 3-0 win at Liverpool, but nobody knows what it will actually mean.
Few, outside the City fans in the relished moments of celebration, even know what to feel.
It does highlight the very absurdity of the situation, as the Abu Dhabi-owned club get to have this act of defiance, and the rest of the league gets even more furious about it all.
Maresca: ‘We need to learn how to deal with the noise’
“Very difficult circumstances, difficult environment. We struggled first half, we were on the ball but not so much off the ball. Second half we made some adjustments and we were much better. In the build-up we were not doing the right things, second half we were better,’ explains City boss Enzo Maresca.
“We need to learn how to deal with the noise because the noise will be with us at all of our away games – there will be noise. We need to deal with that and make our noise. Our noise is to win games. The feeling at the end of the game with our fans and our noise, that’s a nice feeling and a different noise.”
“It was nice to play this kind of game for the noise, the environment. We need to make our noise and deal with their noise.”
On whether the off-field issues can galvanise the team, he adds: “Probably yes, probably no. I don’t know. It can create togetherness with the fans. I said during the week bring the passion, bring the noise and hopefully we can celebrate a win. This is the only thing we can focus on.
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On Gravenberch, Iraola adds: “He played really well today. He was carrying the ball very well and defending very well.
“I feel very proud of the players today. It was not easy. They have been at the level in terms of intensity and winning duels.
“The supporters today have been top-level. Exemplary from the beginning when we arrive. The red card was in our best moment. Even after, they valued the effort of the players.
On injured players returning: “They are not too big injuries but we travel to Austria in two days. It will be difficult for them to be ready for the next one.”
Iraola: ‘The first one is not a yellow’
“I think it’s obvious. We’ve played two games today. One game until the 60th minute and then another game after the red card. We were the best team in the first game and then they were better,’ says Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola on Sky.
On Ryan Gravenberch’s red card: “The first one is not a yellow. Anderson carries on a couple of steps; he wasn’t even going to give a foul. I’ve no idea why he gives a yellow card. We have like nine players behind the ball.
“It’s already difficult to press them when it’s 11 v 11, but with one less, it becomes a different game and then we concede straight away before making a substitution. You have to play differently when you’re 1-0 down,” he added.
Manchester City supporters take solace in their club’s past as an uncertain future looms
Before there were inflated sponsorship figures, there were inflated bananas. Or the inflatable ones, anyway. In the days when Manchester City met with a mixture of admiration, amusement, mockery and pity, but rarely hate, the supporters who had gone decades without seeing a major trophy could fairly be described as long-suffering. They found their own entertainment, and not merely from the tragicomic adventures of their team. Some of it came in the form of inflatable fruit, which they waved to Erling Haaland and co after a victory that might prove momentous or meaningless.
At a point of existential peril, the City supporters sought solace in the distant past and in blow-up bananas. They were waved in the corner of the Anfield Road Stand they occupied, adding a further element of the surreal to what always promised to be an unusual occasion. It is not often that chants of “going down” are directed at the team top of the league; but then these are scarcely normal times.
Haaland: ‘It was a lovely moment’
“It was a lovely moment that will stay with us a long time,” says Erling Haaland after the full-time whistle.
“It was tough and it was hard but again, we show amazing character from Donnarumma all the way back to the front. I’m so proud of everyone.”
“It’s always tough to come here, [also] in the Pep and Klopp era. It’s time to stay strong and stick together and do what you can do something about, that is to play good football and to fight together because in the end, that’s the only thing we can do,” he added.
Why Man City fans have inflatable bananas at Anfield in Premier League clash with Liverpool
Manchester City fans waved hundreds of inflatable bananas in the air as they faced down Liverpool supporters at Anfield.
The reaction at Liverpool, who have been City’s main adversaries over the past decade, was hostile, with City players heavily booed every time they touched the ball in the opening minutes.
Anderson: ‘We’ve shown real fight’
“We’ve shown real togetherness and fight. It’s a tough place to come and it’s challenging,” said Elliot Anderson on Sky.
“We really stuck together out there, fought for each other and played well. We’ve shown courage and three points is good.
“I thought we did really well to quieten the crowd.
“We struggled in the first half a little bit, but in the second half we were a lot better,” he added.
‘That was a perfect performance’
“I said before, in terms of their attitude coming into this game, all they (City) could do was play their football to the best of their ability,” explained Micah Richards on Sky at full-time.
“They wanted to go out there and put on a show, and that is exactly what they did today.
“As a group, I think they really delivered today – we talked about how they were going to react to all the noise. That was a perfect performance,” he added.
City win overshadowed?
“In the background, you have Liverpool fans chanting ‘going down, going down’, and that is the backdrop to not knowing where these points and this season is going. There is going to be a ‘but’ all the way,” says Gary Neville on Sky.
“But the City players were outstanding in the last 30 minutes,” he adds.
Jamie Carragher agrees, saying: “What a start Enzo Maresca has had at Man City. But who knows how long that’s going to last.”
