Two glaring errors from Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson gifted Manchester City a 10th successive Premier League victory and a five-point cushion at the top of the table.
Mohamed Salah’s penalty had cancelled out a close-range opener from Ilkay Gundogan, who had earlier blazed over from the spot, during a frenetic second half at Anfield.
However, Alisson twice made mistakes with the ball at his feet, presenting passes to Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva, who found Gundogan and Raheem Sterling respectively to put City 3-1 ahead.
Foden fired home an emphatic fourth to cap a clinical performance from Pep Guardiola’s side, who are now 10 points above fourth-placed Liverpool, after the reigning champions’ third straight home defeat.
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Liverpool
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Squad number7Player nameMilner
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Squad number21Player nameTsimikas
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Squad number23Player nameShaqiri
Manchester City
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Squad number9Player nameGabriel Jesus
Line-ups
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-Arnold
- 3FabinhoBooked at 70mins
- 14Henderson
- 26RobertsonSubstituted forTsimikasat 85′minutes
- 6Thiago AlcántaraBooked at 3minsSubstituted forShaqiriat 68′minutes
- 5Wijnaldum
- 17JonesSubstituted forMilnerat 68′minutes
- 11Salah
- 9Firmino
- 10Mané
Substitutes
- 7Milner
- 13Adrián
- 15Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 19Kabak
- 21Tsimikas
- 23Shaqiri
- 27Origi
- 47Phillips
- 76N Williams
Man City
Formation 4-3-3
- 31Ederson
- 27Cancelo
- 5Stones
- 3Rúben DiasBooked at 62mins
- 11Zinchenko
- 20Bernardo Silva
- 16Rodri
- 8Gündogan
- 26MahrezSubstituted forGabriel Jesusat 72′minutes
- 47Foden
- 7Sterling
Substitutes
- 9Gabriel Jesus
- 13Steffen
- 14Laporte
- 21Torres
- 22Mendy
- 25Fernandinho
- 50GarcÃa
- 69Doyle
- 82Bernabé
Live Text
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Match ends, Liverpool 1, Manchester City 4.
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Second Half ends, Liverpool 1, Manchester City 4.
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Foul by Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool).
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Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Xherdan Shaqiri.
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Foul by Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
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Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
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Substitution, Liverpool. Konstantinos Tsimikas replaces Andrew Robertson.
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Foul by Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
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Ederson (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Goal! Liverpool 1, Manchester City 4. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
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Foul by Andrew Robertson (Liverpool).
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Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Goal! Liverpool 1, Manchester City 3. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
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Goal! Liverpool 1, Manchester City 2. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Phil Foden.
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Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Riyad Mahrez.
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VAR Decision: No Goal Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City.
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Offside, Manchester City. Phil Foden tries a through ball, but John Stones is caught offside.
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Fabinho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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