Overview
- Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-0 at the Etihad, with goals from Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku.
- The defeat was Liverpool’s fifth in 11 league games and seventh in 10 across competitions, leaving them eighth and eight points off Arsenal.
- Virgil van Dijk’s header was ruled out after a VAR check for offside interference by Andy Robertson, a call Slot argued was wrong.
- Roy Keane called the champions "in crisis" and "really weak," as scrutiny intensified on defensive frailties and the form of Florian Wirtz and Ibrahima Konaté.
- Liverpool now pause for the international break before hosting Nottingham Forest on Nov. 22, with Slot insisting the priority is stringing results together.