Pep Guardiola celebrated his 1,000th game as a manager with a convincing 3-0 victory over Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon
19:27, 09 Nov 2025Updated 20:09, 09 Nov 2025
A dejected Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai during Liverpool’s defeat to Manchester City(Image: (Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images))
Liverpool’s inconsistent Premier League form continued against Manchester City as they were beaten 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium. Erling Haaland was on the scoresheet, opening the scoring, before Nico Gonzalez added a second in first-half stoppage.
But before that goal, Virgil van Dijk had an equaliser controversially disallowed for an offside against Andy Robertson on the line. The impressive Jeremy Doku then secured all three points for his side with a wonderful curling strike from the edge of the box.
Speaking after the game, Reds boss Arne Slot said: “They were better than us. We had a very hard time bringing the ball out from the back and it was difficult to hold on to the ball.
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“We struggled with Doku on the inside and O’Reilly wide. Then, of course, a referee decision could have influenced a more positive half-time feeling for us. 2-0 down at half-time makes it very difficult to get a result here.
The defeat leaves Liverpool eighth in the table, and below is how the Reds’ fixtures compare to their Premier League rivals in the next couple of weeks.
Liverpool’s next five Premier League matches
Nottingham Forest (H) – November 22
West Ham (A) – November 30
Sunderland (H) – December 3
Leeds United (A) – December 6
Brighton (H) – December 13
Arsenal
Tottenham (H) – November 23
Chelsea (A) – November 30
Brentford (H) – December 3
Aston Villa (A) – December 6
Wolves (H) – December 13
Man City
Newcastle United (A) – November 22
Leeds United (H) – November 29
Fulham (A) – December 2
Sunderland (H) – December 6
Crystal Palace (A) – December 14
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Man United
Everton (H) – November 24
Crystal Palace (A) – November 30
West Ham (H) – December 4
Wolves (A) – December 8
Bournemouth (H) – December 13
Chelsea
Burnley (A) – November 22
Arsenal (H) – November 30
Leeds United (A) – December 3
Bournemouth (A) – December 6
Everton (H) – December 13