Manchester City sent a powerful message in the Premier League title race, sweeping aside Liverpool 3–0 to move within four points of leaders Arsenal.
Despite Erling Haaland missing a controversial early penalty, the Norwegian opened the scoring soon after with his 19th goal of the season. A deflected strike from Nico González made it 2–0 before half-time, and Jérémy Doku capped a sensational display with a stunning curler for City’s third.
Liverpool briefly thought they’d equalised through Virgil van Dijk, but his header was ruled out for offside after a VAR review. City dominated throughout, their fluid attacking play overwhelming a lacklustre Liverpool side that has now lost four straight league games away from home.
Pep Guardiola celebrated his 1,000th match as a manager in style, while Doku’s electric performance underlined City’s intent to chase Arsenal all the way in the title race.
