"Pep Guardiola praised Jeremy Doku and thanked Manchester City for giving him the incredible present of a 3-0 victory over Liverpool in his 1,000th match as a manager. First-half goals from Erling Haaland and Nico Gonzalez and an outstanding 20-yard individual Doku effort after the break took City to within four points of Premier League leaders Arsenal. As half-time neared, Virgil van Dijk's header was ruled out."
"This was Guardiola's 716th career victory and the former Bayern Munich and Barcelona manager said: Thank you to the players and staff for giving me an incredible present against the most important opponent we faced in my time here. It has been a special night with my kids here. Of Doku, Guardiola said: I think he will never be a top scorer, to be honest, but he's demanding himself to be better, he listens, and has special attributes of dribbling."
"I think Liverpool and us said: Oh wow, Arsenal dropped points finally and conceded two goals.' But I said to the players not to 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 especially in the first half."
Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-0, moving within four points of Premier League leaders Arsenal. Erling Haaland and Nico Gonzalez scored in the first half and Jeremy Doku added a 20-yard individual goal after the break. Virgil van Dijk had a header ruled out for interference by Andy Robertson in front of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. The victory marked Pep Guardiola's 716th career win, his 1,000th match as a manager and his 550th game in charge of City; he praised Doku's dribbling, aggression and work ethic. Liverpool suffered their fifth defeat in six league games, with manager Arne Slot noting concern.
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