Overview
- Referee Chris Kavanagh awarded City a penalty after a pitchside review for Giorgi Mamardashvili’s clip on Jeremy Doku, but Erling Haaland’s spot-kick was saved.
- Virgil van Dijk’s equaliser was disallowed after VAR confirmed Andy Robertson was offside and making an obvious action in front of the goalkeeper, as detailed by the Premier League Match Centre.
- City’s goals came from a Haaland header, a deflected strike by Nico Gonzalez, and a curled finish from Doku.
- The victory coincided with Pep Guardiola’s 1,000th game as a manager and moved City to within four points of leaders Arsenal.
- Liverpool’s league run worsened to four losses in five, leaving them eighth and eight points off the top, as Gary Neville and Mike Dean clashed on TV over the offside interpretation.