Overview
- Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-0 at the Etihad, handing Arne Slot's side a fifth league defeat in six and leaving them eighth after 11 games.
- Jamie Carragher criticised Ibrahima Konate's display, highlighting his role in the penalty incident and Erling Haaland's opener and calling his away form a major problem.
- Selection calls now loom for Slot, with the Liverpool Echo reporting Joe Gomez is in contention to start at centre-back after Konate's struggles.
- Injury picture is easing: Alexander Isak returned to the squad but lacks match fitness, Alisson Becker is expected back after the break, Jeremie Frimpong targets late November, and teenager Giovanni Leoni faces around a year out after ACL surgery.
- A Virgil van Dijk header was disallowed for offside in a decision former PGMOL chief Keith Hackett called wrong, while ESPN-cited OPTA projections put Liverpool's title chance at about 7%; Football Insider reports the club is assessing centre-back targets in case Konate departs.