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Manchester City thrashed title rivals Liverpool 3-0 in Pep Guardiola's one thousandth match as supervisor at present.
Metropolis's Erling Haaland noticed a penalty saved earlier than he nodded house Matheus Nunes’ cross on the Etihad.
Virgil van Dijk’s header was contentiously disallowed earlier than Nico scored and Jeremy Doku curled in a stunner.
Metropolis are actually in second place, 4 factors behind league leaders Arsenal, with Liverpool eighth.
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Man Metropolis 3 Liverpool 0: Ought to Van Dijk header have stood? Why was Doku so harmful? Is leisure again?
Saturday, November 22: Newcastle (Away), Premier League, 5.30pm UK, 12.30pm ET
After the worldwide break Metropolis journey to St James' Park to face Eddie Howe's faltering Newcastle, although they’re stronger on their house patch.
They host Bayer Leverkusen three days later within the Champions League.
Saturday, November 22: Nottingham Forest (Dwelling), Premier League, 3pm UK, 10am ET
Two essential house matches comply with for Liverpool in rather less than a fortnight, after the worldwide break.
Arne Slot's aspect host lowly Nottingham Forest earlier than taking over PSV within the Champions League 4 days afterwards.
That is the final Premier League match earlier than the worldwide break and it’s straightforward to really feel that it has come at a great time for Liverpool.
The break will give Arne Slot time to return to the drafting board and assess his workforce, their form and the way they plan to reel within the hole on Arsenal.
This workforce is succesful and really proficient — he has a small window to search out the solutions and put a tough month behind them.
Nothing is finished and dusted till somebody will get their palms on the Premier League trophy however have weseen the title race slim to 2 golf equipment after this outcome?
Simply perhaps, as Metropolis piled on the stress to maintain tempo with league leaders Arsenal.
If they will keep inside touching distance into the brand new 12 months, it creates a enjoyable and pressured chase.
At present, Manchester Metropolis ended a four-game winless run in opposition to Liverpool within the Premier League (two attracts, two defeats), beating them for the primary time since April 2023 (4-1).
It was Metropolis's first clear sheet in opposition to them in 14 conferences throughout all competitions.
Try our visible breakdown of Jeremy Doku's man-of-the-match exhibiting.
Doku made 11 progressive carries, probably the most of any participant on the pitch, had 5 involvements in attacking sequences and 27 complete carries (second-most within the match) and three progressive passes (third-most).
A formidable all-round exhibiting.
Liverpool have misplaced 5 of their 11 matches within the Premier League this season (six wins), probably the most defeats by a reigning champion at this stage of a marketing campaign since Leicester in 2016-17 (5).
Solely Chelsea in 2015-16 (additionally six) have ever misplaced extra after 11 video games of a Premier League season as reigning champions.
Liverpool have now misplaced 4 consecutive Premier League away video games for the primary time since April 2012 underneath Kenny Dalglish (4).
These 4 defeats in succession are actually greater than Liverpool suffered of their first 21 away league video games underneath Arne Slot mixed (13 wins, 5 attracts, three losses.
Because of Opta for these stats.
This was the primary time since July 2020 that Mohamed Salah has began a Premier League match in opposition to Manchester Metropolis and did not both rating or help.
That ended a run of 9 straight league begins in opposition to Metropolis through which he had been instantly concerned in a aim for Liverpool (seven targets, 5 assists).
It was a great day all spherical for the Metropolis boss. Right here’s how he mirrored on that match when chatting with Sky Sports activities:
💬 “They gave me a gift, the gamers with this efficiency in opposition to the champions. We needed to give a great efficiency defensively.
“The gamers gave a efficiency on the best stage all of them. Actually happy for all of it.
“Defensively was actually good, stopped the menace in behind from Mo Salah, Ekitike and Szoboszlai.
“To start with, the vibe from our followers was unimaginable. Taking part in at house and successful is nice earlier than the worldwide break.”
As you’ll think about, Arne Slot sees this outcome as a bump within the street quite than proof that his workforce are usually not able to successful the title this season. Right here’s what he needed to say on reeling Arsenal in, speaking to Sky Sports activities:
💬 “It’s been an excellent begin of the week with a really unhealthy finish of the week. Metropolis away is tough for everybody. We gained right here final 12 months as a result of we scored a set piece after which needed to defend actually arduous.
“At present I don’t assume it was ever going to be our recreation. We have to enhance. I didn’t want this recreation to know this. Final season, once we have been eight factors clear it by no means felt like we have been executed already.
“The efficiency must be higher however this week gave me plenty of positives to take into the video games after the worldwide break. In moments like this you possibly can solely deal with the negatives however there are many positives as nicely.”
As you may see from our snazzy match dashboard above, Metropolis have been the higher aspect.
They created an anticipated targets complete (xG) of 1.6, greater than double that of Liverpool's 0.7 xG.
His one thousandth match as a supervisor and a really satisfying win.
It’s no marvel the followers have been singing his title on the finish of the match!
It was the 716th victory of his teaching profession and his 388th with Metropolis.
That is the angle on Virgil van Dijk’s headed aim, which was dominated out as a result of Andy Robertson (pictured left of Donnarumma right here) being offside and obstructing the Metropolis goalkeeper.
Would he have made the save even when Robertson weren’t there?
Van Dijk’s header was so nicely positioned, it appears unlikely.
Beneath, The Athletic's Jordan Campbell, Andy Jones and Michael Cox break down the motion from the Etihad. Get pleasure from.
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Man Metropolis 3 Liverpool 0: Ought to Van Dijk header have stood? Why was Doku so harmful? Is leisure again?
It was the massive speaking level of the half when Liverpool’s aim was dominated out by VAR — right here’s Arne Slot’s view on what he noticed, chatting with Sky Sports activities:
💬 “It’s tough for me to provide my view nevertheless it’s apparent that the fallacious determination has been made. He didn’t intervene in any respect with what the goalkeeper might do.
“The identical referee allowed the identical sort of aim for Metropolis in opposition to Wolves final season. It took the linesman 13 seconds to boost his flag to say it’s offside so it’s clear there was communication.
“That would have influenced the sport in a constructive method for us within the first half as a result of we have been so poor.”
It was a disappointing day for the Liverpool supervisor and his workforce. Right here’s how he mirrored on that one when requested by Sky Sports activities:
💬 “Very tough first half for us. They have been urgent us actually excessive, have been superb in ball possession and it was a tough first half.
“You’re hoping you may get to the top of the primary half 1-0 down. Then in fact, there are 5 to 10 minutes which can be influential to the sport.
“Second half I noticed a a lot better efficiency than within the first half.”
Manchester Metropolis have been present process one thing of a transition interval up to now 12 months, so have they lastly discovered their groove with a mixture of established membership legends and new faces? Ruben Dias thinks so, as he advised Sky Sports activities:
💬 “We stay for video games like this and there’s no larger stage than these form of video games. I’m very pleased for him (Doku) and for everybody.
“I keep in mind earlier than I got here to this membership and watching them on TV, it's the small print of this membership and everybody being prepared to sacrifice for one another.
“This isn’t new. This has been occurring for some time now. We’ve been speaking a couple of rebuild for some time now, which is a part of the method for any workforce that desires to maintain on successful.
“There are new faces due to those that left however the high quality stays the identical and we carry on pushing. It’s early within the season and we carry on pushing.”
Precisely the form of particular person efficiency and workforce outcome that Jeremy Doku would have needed on the landmark event of his one hundredth Manchester Metropolis look in all competitions.
The form of finish product he displayed at present provides loads of encouragement for the subsequent century!
He was the clear winner of the person of the match award at present, so let’s see what the Manchester Metropolis winger needed to say when chatting with Sky Sports activities:
💬 “In large video games, it’s at all times extra lovely. I’m pleased with the sport and the efficiency of the workforce at present.
“It’s good for the arrogance. I’ve nice gamers round me that push me daily as a result of they imagine in me. That offers me the sensation that I’ve to do extra each recreation.”
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