Jeremy Doku continued his fine recent form with a seven-minute double. He drilled his first into the bottom-right corner in the 34th minute before then latching onto a loose clearance and skipping to the edge of the box to pick out the same spot for his second. Emanuel Zund then hit his own post before Belgium well and truly put the game out of sight with four goals in the space of seven second-half minutes, with De Ketelaere heavily involved.
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.
