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,

Manchester City thrashed Liverpool 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium to head into the November international break only four points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal.Erling Haaland saw an early penalty saved by Giorgi Mamardashvili,

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.

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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.

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I just saw the gap, and I played in the gap, and he was there." That level of trust in the team's style is part of why the City attack is able to be so good. Doku has been finding his own footing with the team,

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