Man City Beat Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield After Gravenberch’s 62nd-Minute Red Card

Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on October 11 after Ryan Gravenberch was sent off in the 62nd minute. The game had been scoreless, and the Premier League recap said Liverpool had arguably been on top in the second half. City scored three times in the final 28 minutes, with Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki on the scoresheet. The official match analysis gives the useful distinction: the dismissal changed the match, but it followed a competitive hour.

A level match changed after the second booking

Gravenberch received a second yellow card in the 62nd minute, leaving Liverpool with ten players. City scored two minutes and 37 seconds later. The interval matters. The result was not 3-0 because one team had dominated every phase; the score opened rapidly after the balance of players changed, and City made the advantage count before Liverpool could settle into a defensive shape.

That does not prove the sending-off was the only reason for the defeat. It does explain the timing of the goals. City had 11 of its 15 shots while Liverpool were down to ten. In a match that had produced no goal for more than an hour, a sudden change in space and numbers gave the visitors a different kind of attack to solve.

Haaland and Doku made the first two goals

Jeremy Doku had made only his second Premier League appearance of the campaign after an injury-disrupted start. His deflected effort fell for Haaland, who scored the opener in the 65th minute. Three minutes later, Doku curled in a goal of his own. A brief window turned into a two-goal lead, and the winger’s involvement in both goals gave City a direct route through a match that had been tight.

Doku’s contribution went beyond the two decisive touches. The league reported that he played 34 minutes, led City in dribbles with five, created two chances and took two shots. Those numbers show how much he contributed after coming on, while also keeping the sample in proportion: they describe one appearance in this game, not a season-long measure.

Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola described the match as two different games, divided by the dismissal. That is a post-match assessment rather than proof of what would have happened with 11 players, but it fits the sequence: Haaland and Doku scored within three minutes of each other, while Cherki’s third came later after City had time to settle into possession.

Cherki completed the result

Rayan Cherki scored the third in the 78th minute, finishing a move that involved 41 passes and every City player. That goal made the margin decisive and gave the match a different final shape from its first hour. The official report described the move as the cap on City’s win; it was not a quick break after the dismissal, but a long spell of possession completed with a sharp finish.

The victory moved City three points clear of second-place Arsenal after six matches. It also ended Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola’s unbeaten start in his seventh game and was Liverpool’s first Premier League defeat at Anfield since City won there in February.

The win also maintained Enzo Maresca’s 100 percent record as City manager, according to the league’s Sunday review. That six-match record remains an early sample. For Liverpool, the immediate record changed in the opposite direction: an unbeaten opening run ended at Anfield.