"It was Manchester City who cleared their throats and made it plain that they are in this race for the long-haul. Liverpool barely got a word out. The table looks a lot more appealing for Pep Guardiola and his players now, City just four points behind Arsenal and it was an occasion when they blew Liverpool away. They could shrug off the inconvenience of Erling Haaland missing a controversially awarded 13th minute penalty to put on a show of strength, particularly in the first-half."
"It was Haaland, inevitably, who opened the scoring with his 19th City goal of the season and, after Nico Gonzalez had benefited from a deflection off Virgil van Dijk in stoppage time before the interval, the scene was set for the coup de grace. Jeremy Doku was almost unplayable at times, a blur of tricks and direct running and his goal for 3-0 was a beauty,"
Manchester City dominated Liverpool 3-0, closing to four points behind Arsenal after Arsenal's draw at Sunderland. Erling Haaland missed a controversially awarded 13th-minute penalty but opened the scoring with his 19th goal of the season. Nico Gonzalez then scored via a deflection off Virgil van Dijk in stoppage time before half-time, and Jeremy Doku finished with a superb curling third. Liverpool had two VAR-related appeals turned down, including a ruled-out Van Dijk header for an offside against Andy Robertson. City were slicker, physically stronger, and inflicted a fourth consecutive away Premier League defeat on Liverpool.
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