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.

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Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez and the sensational Jeremy Doku got the goals as City moved to be only four points behind Arsenal ahead of the international break

Pep Guardiola celebrated his 1000th senior match as a manager by thumping a longtime rival as Manchester City beat Arne Slot's Liverpool 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

Manchester City thrashed title rivals Liverpool 3-0 in Pep Guardiola's 1000th match as manager today. City's Erling Haaland saw a penalty saved before he nodded home Matheus Nunes’ cross at the Etihad. Virgil van Dijk ’s header was contentiously disallowed before Nico scored and Jeremy Doku curled in a stunner.

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot said it is "obvious and clear" that Virgil van Dijk's goal should not have been ruled out in his team's 3-0 defeat to Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City showed their depth and slickness on Sunday on a rain-soaked Etihad Stadium pitch, rolling over Liverpool 3-0 to move second on the Premier League table.

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

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.

There will be hand-wringing in Liverpool quarters given the questionable calls in the first half of the Reds' loss to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, and rightly so, but that grumbling only serve as a distraction the main takeaway from the game.

Manchester City laid down a clear statement of intent in Pep Guardiola's 1,000th game as a manager with a crushing 3-0 defeat of Premier League champions Liverpool on Sunday.

Liverpool’s defence of the Premier League title is faltering after the club’s 3-0 defeat at Manchester City on Sunday.Arne Slot’s side were emphatically beaten at the Etihad, as goals from