Manchester City vs Liverpool, Premier League 2025 Match Highlights: Man of the match Jeremy Doku scored a stunning goal that turned out to be the final nail in Liverpool’s coffin as Manchester City defeated the Reds 3-0 and went within 4 points of league leaders Arsenal. In the first half, Erling Haaland missed a penalty in the 13th minute but redeemed himself with a 27th minute strike while Nico Gonzalez doubled Manchester City’s lead as they went into half time with the score at 2-0 vs Liverpool.
3rd placed City and 6th placed Liverpool are on 19 and 18 points respectively with a win for either side taking them just behind league leaders Arsenal who are on 26 points. Liverpool are slowly coming into form after losing 4 back to back Premier league matches as witnessed by their 2-0 win vs Aston Villa last week and a disciplined 1-0 victory against European juggernauts Real Madrid in the mid-week Champions League fixture.
City, meanwhile, have looked their best, taking 6 wins from their last 7 matches in all competitions with striker Erling Haaland looking in ominous form. However, they are prone to slip ups as witnessed in their shock 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa on October 26. Since then, however, the Blue half of Manchester have thrashed Bournemouth and Swansea 3-1 and obliterated Dortmund 4-1 with Haaland scoring 18 goals in 14 appearances in all competitions.
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3 mins added on and City are absolutely toying with the defending champions now. Foden is fouled and Szoboszlai gets booked. Foden with a shot and that's gone rolling wide. We are almost there for the final whistle to blow and here it is as City run away the deserved winners.
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Last few minutes of regulation time. And Liverpool come again but it's given away pretty cheaply only for City to clear. Salah tries to cross but can't get a proper foot to it and there's another forward play wasted.
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Liverpool can't seem to get anything to string together as they are constantly caught offside. City won't mind this at all as they close in on Arsenal with 4 points separating them.
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Ohhh dear, dear!! Salah almost gets the ball past Donnarumma. Chips it over the advancing goalie and it's gone just wide of the far post. Any other day, that would have settled inside the net.
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Szoboszlai latches on to a ball set up by Salah near the City box and thunders in a shot which forces a save from Donnarumma!! And surprisingly, that's Liverpool's first shot on target. Says all you need to know about this match.
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Corner for the Reds and Gakpo to take. Floats it in wide but it's defended and Dominik Szoboszlai gives it back to him but the Dutch international is late to get back as he is flagged offside.
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Liverpool just can't get through with City completely dominating proceedings. The Reds are constantly buzzing around the City penalty box's edge but they keep giving the ball away.
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Liverpool are trying to play in behind City but their forwards seem to be in a different wavelength to the other players as they keep getting caught offside. OHHHH DEAR LORD!!! Doku was fed the ball near the edge of the Liverpool box and he curls it past the keeper for one of the best strikes of this season!!
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Milos Kerkez and Cody Gakpo comes in for Andy Robertson and Hugo Ekitike. And there a awkward touch from Gonzalez gets Liverpool a corner!! Almost an own goal. The corner is, however, wasted. Gakpo gets a ball played across the goal to him by salah but it's fired wide!!
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Doku has been electric tonight, Nimble feet gets him through the middle of two Liverpool players and he shoots right at the keeper.
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City break from a Liverpool free kick and Doku with a lung bursting run to feed Cherki who tries a shot but is blocked. Gonzalez gets the ball and he is fouled at the edge of the box. Free kick for City. Before that, Cherki is being withdrawn for Savinho. Foden with the free kick and it hits the wall and is cleared.
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Haaland wins a free kick now and City keep the ball. Haaland with a poor touch now to give it away. Excellent pass to set Salah away by Gravenberch but Donnarumma comes out and makes it difficult.
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Back for the second half and Liverpool look to be more positive but Doku gets the ball and feeds O Reilly who puits in a delicious low cross which was waiting for a tap in but Doku couldn't get to it.
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And it's all she wrote from this half. Liverpool have it all to do in the second half. The first half had everything - From Haaland's penalty miss to his subsequent goal, van Djok's strike ruled out and City going 2-0 with Gonzalez's strike. Stay tuned. We are in for a whirlwind second half.
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AAANDD ANOTHER GOAL FOR CITY!! NOCO GONZALEZ SHOOTS AND SCORES!! Big deflection from Van Djik and that's past the goalie and into the net!!
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7 mins added for stoppage now. And Doku has the ball near the edge of the Liverpool area. Gets a throw in as Bradley gets something in. And Cherki's shot is deflected and into the arms of the keeper.
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Bernardo Silva with a tactical foul to clean up Cherki's mess and gets booked. Wirtz with a great turn and a chance to shoot but it's blocked.
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Doku gives the ball away high up the pitch and Liverpool can break. Mac Allister is fouled as Liverpool take it short and Salah has the ball and gets a corner. AAANDDD THAT'S A GOAL!!! What a delivery from Mo Salah and Van Djik is there to put the header into the net!! Oh no!! It's being checked for offside as Robertson was standing in front of Donnarumma. And to loud cheers, it's given offside.
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Time for Liverpool's new signings to step up with Wirtz and Ekitike under the scanner. The French striker has had just 5 touches of the ball. Can Liverpool create more chances for him?
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AAAND THAT'S A GOAL!! You can't keep Haaland out of the match!! Exquisite ball in by Nunes and the Norwegian jumps and the ball is lobbed over the keeper's head into the net!!
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20 mins have gone by and the match has already given us plenty to talk about with the penalty and the subsequent miss by Haaland. O Reily is down now and is getting checked by the physios.
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Cherki has the goal in sight and he shootsss and that's deflected over the bar off a deflection. Corner swung deep but nothing from it.
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Liverpool now trying to build from the back as that save looks to have reignited them but they still can't get forward balls to Ekitike as City play out from the back.
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And Erling Haaland has stepped up to give City the lead. Can the goalie pull off a save? Haaland has missed 2 out of his last 5 penalties. MAKE IT THREE AS Mamardashvili saves!!
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Ekitike wins the ball deep inside the City half and Salah has a chance to shoot but it's out for a corner which is again taken short. Mreanwhile, Doku has gone past Bradley and Konate and he's down inside the penalty box!!! Did the goalie foul him? Will be pretty harsh if it's given. Looked to have minimal contact if any. The referee is called near the monitor to see. And a penalty is given
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O Reily is fouled by Gravenberch and City have a free kick. It's played short and Doku gets well inside the Liverpoolbox but is crowded out.
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And we have the kickoff. Liverpool in red and City in Blue. Doku allowed to run in the early goings as he wins a throw for his team. The throw is played inside the City half as they look to build.
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This match also marks City manager Pep Guardiola's 1000th game in charge. One of the most successful managers in football history, Guardiola has won titles in every country he has managed be it with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now Manchester city.
Manchester City: W,W,W,L,W
Liverpool: L,L,L,,L,W
Haaland revealed that while he’s not really a guy to aim for specific records, there’s one particular mark that he knows well: Alan Shearer’s 260 career goals in the Premier League. The 25-year-old Haaland already has 98 in 107 league games for City and could smash Shearer’s mark if he keeps up his current pace.
“I know this record. I don’t really know any records, but this one I know. That’s his Premier League record, yeah,” Haaland said ahead of facing his former team Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday. Shearer, who required 441 matches to compile his record, said recently that he thinks Haaland will break his mark if he stays at City.
Against Real Madrid in the Champions League, the Reds finally looked like the dominant unit that had waltzed to the Premier League title last season. It just took a bit of a tweak. That came in the form of Slot deploying Wirtz in the left flank instead of the No.10 role. With the physicality of the Premier League, the German has often been out-run by opponents from the middle of the park which neutralized his strengths. But in the new role vs Madrid, with a wide berth to drift in and out, Wirtz looked like a player reborn.
Haaland has been on fire for Manchester City recently scoring 18 goals in 14 appearances this season. He is also the current golden boot leader in the league with 13 goals. Salah, meanwhile, hasn't been his prolific best this season but still managing 5 goals and 3 assists in 15 matches in all competitions.
The two stars that have dazzled whenever the two behemoths of English football have locked horns have been Mo Salah of Liverpool and Erling Haaland of Manchester City. This time around, the two will be eyes two different records. Haaland is just 2 strikes away from scoring 100 Premier League goals which will make him the fastest to do so. Meanwhile, Salah is just a goal or assist away from breaking Wayne Rooney's record for the most goal involvements for a single club.
The last time these two sides met was in February of this year when Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai scored to give the Reds a 2-0 win which went a long way in helping them claim their 20th English title.
The two sides have met each other 218 times in all competitions with Manchester City winning 110 times while Liverpool winning 60 times. 58 matches were draws. If you count the most recent history i.e. the last 5 matcjhes, Liverpool have the edge with 2 wins as opposed to City's 1 while 2 encounters have been draws.
If you look at the current standings, Arsenal are top with 26 points while Manchester City are 3rd with 19 and Liverpool are 6th with 18. A win for either side will take them to second and slash the points deficit with the Gunners. All to play for tonight.
Table credit: Premier League website
Mamardashvili; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Ekitike, Wirtz.
Subs: Woodman, Gomez, Endo, Kerkez, Isak, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Ngumoha.
Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Bernardo, Nico, Foden; Cherki, Haaland, Doku.
Subs: Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Marmoush, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Bobb, Lewis.
The two English juggernauts will lock horns once again as Liverpool and Manchester City renew hostilities at the Etihad tonight. This is a bit of an unfamiliar terrain for both parties who are more used to fight it out over the title but Sunday's clash will be to see which side can leap to the second position in order to cut the points gap between themselves and league leaders Arsenal. Who will prevail tonight? Follow our live blog to find out.
Remember the scene from the Matrix where Keanu Reeves’ Neo managed to stop a huge number of bullets coming towards him in mid-air by just holding up his hands? Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois did something similar when he faced a barrage of Liverpool attacks throughout the match. The Belgian goalie made some world class stops to deny Liverpool but he finally let one in when Dominik Szoboszlai’s free kick was met by Alexis Mac Allister who headed the Reds to a 1-0 lead which ultimately turned into the winner.
