""I think Liverpool and us said 'oh wow Arsenal dropped points finally and conceded two goals'," said Guardiola. "But at the end we have to do it and I said to the players 'don't do it because yesterday Arsenal didn't win. Do it because we believe in ourselves that we can play against the champions of England and show them we are ready to be there with them this season'. Today we proved it. We did it.""
""He [Doku] is demanding himself to be better, he listens, and he has special attributes with dribbles," said Guardiola. "Today, Conor [Bradley] -- the right-back of Liverpool -- I'm really, really impressed Pep Lijnders told me a thousand incredibly good things about that guy, he can do everything. I know the game against [Real] Madrid how good [he was] against Vinícius. And he [Doku] handled it. He was aggressive, quick without the ball, and we tr"
Manchester City defeated Liverpool 3-0 with goals from Erling Haaland, Nico González and Jérémy Doku. The victory moved City to within four points of league leaders Arsenal. The match came a day after Arsenal drew 2-2 with Sunderland. Doku won an early penalty that Haaland missed and later scored a stunning second-half goal, emerging as the outstanding performer. Doku displayed dribbling, aggression and quickness without the ball while handling strong opposition from Conor Bradley. The result reinforced City as genuine title contenders this season.
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