Pep Guardiola celebrated his 1,000th game as a manager with a convincing win over an old rival as Manchester City overpowered Liverpool 3-0 on Sunday. Typically Erling Haaland was on the scoresheet, opening the scoring for a dominant City side at the Etihad Stadium with his 99th Premier League goal after missing an earlier penalty.

If things had worked out differently, Jérémy Doku could have been lining up for Liverpool on Sunday, not against them. Poor Conor Bradley will have wished he was. The Liverpool right-back had one of his best games in a red shirt against Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jnr in the Champions League only five days earlier,

Daniel Sturridge has urged Jeremy Doku to add more goals to his game at Manchester City after his fine finish against Liverpool.

Six-and-a-half years on, Doku is the same, only more so. Conor Bradley stood up to him about as well as anyone could – certainly better than Trent Alexander-Arnold managed in the same fixture last season when Doku dribbled past him a Premier League record 12 times.

The 20-year-old repaid Pep Guardiola’s faith by doing what a lot of City defenders have struggled with in recent years: keeping Salah quiet

Virgil van Dijk thought he scored the equaliser before the break, but his header was disallowed after VAR determined Andrew Robertson, who was in an offside position, obstructed Gianluigi Donnarumma’s attempt to save the shot.

Report and free match highlights as goals from Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku carried Manchester City up to second spot in the Premier League table with a 3-0 win over Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium in Pep Guardiola’s 1,

Jeremy Doku was the star as City beat the champions at the Etihad, but their win did not come without controversy

Doku's trickery earned City a penalty when he was fouled by Giorgi Mamardashvili although the goalkeeper got his own back by denying Erling Haaland from the spot. Haaland would not be denied though and powered City into the lead with a header.

Manchester City Vs Liverpool Highlights, English Premier League 2025-26: Manchester City registered a 3-0 win against Liverpool on Sunday with Guardiola celebrating his 716th victory and likely one of