City Beats Liverpool 3-0 After Guilty Verdict

Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on October 11, 2026, their first match after a guilty verdict on over 100 Premier League financial-rule charges. The verdict is subject to appeal. Ryan Gravenberch was sent off on the hour mark for two yellow cards, after which Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki scored in a 13-minute spell. The win extended Enzo Maresca's unbeaten start to eight games and left City three points clear at the top. Liverpool, missing Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo, took Andoni Iraola's first defeat as manager and sit ninth, nine points off the top. City won at Anfield in front of a crowd for only the second time since 2003. Maresca said it was not easy for the players after the last two or three weeks but they dealt with the situation very good, and that the side must make our own noise, which is to win games; our fans were singing at the end, so the noise was from us. He said you cannot imagine how happy I am and hoped to speak about this situation when we win the appeal. Iraola said there were two different games, one until the red card and one from the red card until the end. The appeal and any sanctions remain unresolved.