Jeremy Doku scores the pick of the goals with a stunning curling effort, as Manchester City soundly defeat Liverpool 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium to move up to second in the Premier League.

Liverpool hits the road for Manchester to face Manchester City Sunday for a clash of English Premier League contenders.

Man City predicted lineup vs. Liverpool (4-1-4-1): Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; González; Silva, Reijnders, Foden, Doku; Haaland.

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk refused to discuss his disallowed goal against Manchester City but went on to describe the 3-0 defeat as a ‘big blow’ to his team. Van Dijk met a corner from Mohamed Salah in the first half and nodded the ball into the corner when the visitors were trailing 1-0 to City.

Liverpool and City meet on Sunday and neither can afford to lose as they look to keep up the chase to first-placed Arsenal

The following Wednesday, Liverpool are back in Champions League action, once again at Anfield. PSV Eindhoven edged a heavily rotated Reds 3–2 in the final gameweek of last season’s league phase, and Peter Bosz’s side have already secured a stunning 6–2 victory over Italian champions Napoli in this season’s iteration.

Manchester City proved far too good for the champions, who linger eight points behind league leaders Arsenal after 11 games

Virgil van Dijk said Liverpool will fight back after a demoralising 3-0 defeat to Manchester City, but manager Arne Slot conceded the English champions cannot look at the Premier League title race right now.