Jeremy Doku stole the highlight as Manchester Metropolis eased previous Liverpool with a 3–0 win on the Etihad Stadium on Sunday night.
The outcome got here on Pep Guardiola’s one thousandth match as a supervisor and restored Metropolis’s lead within the Premier League desk after Arsenal had dropped factors the earlier evening.
Metropolis began brightly, with Doku inflicting fixed issues for Liverpool’s defence down the left wing. The guests struggled to comprise the Belgian’s tempo and talent, and the stress quickly paid off.
Erling Haaland opened the scoring within the twenty ninth minute, rising above the defence to go house a high quality cross from Matheus Nunes. Liverpool thought that they had levelled when Virgil van Dijk discovered the web with a header, however VAR dominated it out for offside.
Simply earlier than half-time, Metropolis doubled their benefit as Nico González’s low strike was deflected into the web by Van Dijk.
Doku sealed the win halfway by way of the second half, chopping inside earlier than curling an outstanding end past goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili to make it 3–0.
It was a whole efficiency from Guardiola’s aspect, with Doku’s dazzling show incomes him the loudest cheers of the evening. Metropolis’s victory sends a transparent message to their title rivals as they proceed their robust begin to the season.
