Liverpool 0-3 Manchester City Player Ratings: Gravenberch's Red Card Proved To Be The Turning Point As Man City Put Three Past The Reds To Maintain Unbeaten Run

It was a blockbuster Sunday in the Premier League as title contenders Liverpool welcomed Manchester City to their den on matchday 6. The first half remained goalless, with both teams failing to find any clear-cut chances.

The hosts had a better xG of 0.42, while Man City had more possession. However, a lack of chance creation meant the two teams had to head down the tunnel without anything on the scoresheet. Manchester City looked lively in the second half, with Erling Haaland having the best chance to score in the 60th minute, but he fluffed his lines and put it wide of Alisson's far post.

The game turned on its head when Ryan Gravenberch was shown a second yellow card, followed by a red card due to a challenge on Jérémy Doku, leaving the Reds down to 10 men with 28 minutes of regulation time still to play.

Just three minutes later, Doku's shot ricocheted off Alexis Mac Allister and fell nicely for Erling Haaland to smash it home, reacting faster than Virgil van Dijk, who was supposed to do a better job in marking one of the best strikers in the world currently.

In the 68th minute, it was Jérémy Doku's turn to put his name on the scoresheet, as he shimmied past Ronald Araujo and Víctor Muñoz to curl one into the far top corner, dampening the Anfield crowd.

The Cityzens were not done yet, as Elliot Anderson passed one into the box, which was expertly dummied by Rayan Cherki, and Joško Gvardiol's back flick found the Frenchman in a dangerous position.

He faked his shot to leave Jeremie Frimpong sliding down the pitch, while slotting it beneath Alisson to make it three for Man City in the 78th minute. It was the red card that changed the complexion of the game totally for Liverpool; otherwise, we could have been treated to a different result.

Here are the Liverpool vs Manchester City Player Ratings.

Key Takeaways

• Elliot Anderson won the most ground duels (11).
• Jérémy Jacquet had the most defensive contributions (11).
• Florian Wirtz lost possession the most number of times in this game (17).

Liverpool Player Ratings vs Manchester City

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Man of the Match

Rayan Cherki was adjudged Sportsdunia's man of the match in this high-voltage EPL fixture.

Worst Performer

Ryan Gravenberch was the worst of the lot from Liverpool vs Manchester City.