Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki scored as Manchester City inflicted a first defeat for Liverpool under Andoni Iraola, extending City’s perfect start. Liverpool were reduced to 10 men when Ryan Gravenberch was sent off for a second yellow card.
Here are the player ratings from the match, scored out of 10.
Liverpool
Alisson: Could do nothing to keep out Erling Haaland’s strike, then beaten by a beauty from Jeremy Doku and some solid footwork from Rayan Cherki. 5
Ronald Araujo: Got a cheap yellow card early on and will be annoyed that the first two Manchester City goals came from his side. 5
Virgil van Dijk: Often pushed out of position to help Liverpool deal with being outnumbered in midfield. Perhaps could have closed Haaland down quicker. 6
Jeremy Jacquet: Wasn’t a bad display from a young talent who is very impressive, but this must have been a real eye-opener against a quality City attack. 6
Milos Kerkez: Battled well with Iliman Ndiaye and pushed up regularly but lacked quality in the final third. 5
Alexis Mac Allister: Grew into the game and put in a good shift but struggled once Liverpool went down to 10 men. 5
Ryan Gravenberch: Came in for the injured Dominik Szoboszlai and was Liverpool’s best player until he was sent off for a second yellow card. Naive on his part. 6
Victor Munoz: Played with such fearlessness and was an absolute nuisance for Manchester City, causing Nico O’Reilly all sorts of problems. 7
Florian Wirtz: Simply has to do better, particularly in games of this magnitude. Was largely ineffective and made some poor decisions. 4
Bradley Barcola: Sharp on the ball and did his defensive duties, but, like Wirtz, must do more in the final third. 5
Lewis Koumas: Making his first Premier League start, the 21-year-old got stuck in from the outset in an energetic display that was loved by the Anfield crowd. 7
Substitutes not used: Mamardashvili, Endo, Tsimikas, McConnell.
Manchester City
Gianluigi Donnarumma: Had a shaky start but made a string of good saves early in the second half to deny Koumas and Gravenberch and keep the game level. 7
Matheus Nunes: An impressive display, making a great tackle in the box to deny Barcola in the first half. 7
Ruben Dias: Did well to weather the early storm and keep Liverpool out. 7
Marc Guehi: Like Dias, a strong performance at centre-half. He can take satisfaction from the way they defended, especially when Liverpool attacked the Kop end. 7
Nico O’Reilly: Solid going forward but had his work cut out against Munoz and was inevitably booked when he fouled the Spaniard in the second half. 6
Elliot Anderson: Always showed for the ball and was constantly involved, but was lucky not to be booked for pulling Gravenberch back. Got the assist for Doku. 7
Enzo Fernandez: Forced Alisson into a good stop in the first half but didn’t really grow into the game until Gravenberch was sent off. 6
Iliman Ndiaye: Dangerous on the ball and had a few threatening moments before he was replaced by Doku. 6
Rayan Cherki: Capped off a day to remember for Manchester City with a lovely goal. 8
Antoine Semenyo: Threatening all afternoon and part of an attack that was simply too good for Liverpool once City had the man advantage. 7
Erling Haaland: Had a quiet first half and missed a huge chance early in the second half, but finished emphatically to give City the lead. 8
Jeremy Doku (on 56 for Ndiaye): Came on and scored an absolute belter. 8
Substitutes not used: Rulli, Kovacic, Reis, Khusanov, Lewis.