Manchester Metropolis silenced hostile Anfield with a 3-0 win over 10-man Liverpool, as Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki scored to increase their good league begin.
IMAGE: Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland celebrates scoring their first aim in opposition to Liverpool within the English Premier League at Anfield on Sunday. {Photograph}: Phil Noble/Reuters
Key Factors
- Manchester Metropolis beat Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield, with second-half objectives from Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki extending their good Premier League begin to six wins.
- Metropolis weathered Liverpool’s early stress and a hostile ambiance earlier than Ryan Gravenberch’s 62nd-minute dismissal for a second reserving shifted the competition.
- Haaland opened the scoring within the sixty fifth minute, Doku curled in an outstanding long-range effort three minutes later, and Cherki accomplished the rout within the 78th minute.
- The victory lifted Metropolis to 18 factors, three away from second-placed Arsenal, whereas Liverpool slipped to ninth after struggling their first league defeat of the season.
Manchester Metropolis silenced a hostile Anfield crowd as second-half objectives from Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki secured a 3-0 victory over 10-man Liverpool on Sunday and maintained the Premier League leaders’ good begin to the season.
Metropolis have been enjoying for the primary time since an impartial fee discovered them responsible of 114 breaches of the league’s monetary guidelines, and have been greeted by deafening boos and offended chants.
Gravenberch’s Crimson Card Opens the Door for Metropolis
IMAGE: Rayan Cherki celebrates scoring Manchester Metropolis’s their third aim. {Photograph}: Phil Noble/Reuters
However Enzo Maresca’s aspect stood agency in opposition to Liverpool’s early stress and a fevered ambiance earlier than taking management after Ryan Gravenberch was despatched off within the 62nd minute for a second reserving following a foul on Doku.
Haaland then struck three minutes later, smashing a left-footed shot previous Alisson after Doku labored the ball into the field and his tried shot was deflected into the trail of the large Norwegian.
Doku’s Strike, Cherki’s End Seal Emphatic Win
IMAGE: Liverpool’s Milos Kerkez and Manchester Metropolis’s Iliman Ndiayea vie for the ball. {Photograph}: Phil Noble/Reuters
Doku doubled the lead within the 68th minute with a beautiful long-range shot that curled into the far prime nook.
Cherki accomplished the rout within the 78th minute when he let the ball roll by to Josko Gvardiol earlier than turning into the field to fulfill his teammate’s cross and slot the ball dwelling.
The victory gave Metropolis six wins from six and moved them three factors away from Arsenal on 18 factors, offering a forceful response on the pitch after a turbulent week away from it.
Liverpool are ninth after their first league lack of the season.
