Liverpool 0-3 Man City: Premier League – as it happened

That is it from our live coverage of Liverpool against Manchester City.

A big win for City, with the football world watching.

We’ll bring you more from City on Wednesday as they entertain Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, but do join us on Tuesday for Manchester United’s trip to Atletico Madrid.

For now, though – from me, Kevin Hand, and my colleague Patrick Keddie – it’s goodbye.

“We played two games, one game to the red card and another after,” the Liverpool manager told Sky Sports.

“We were the best team before and they were after.

“There is no danger in the first yellow card (for Gravenberch), the ref was not even going to call a foul until the player decided to go down – and we had nine players behind the ball.

“The second yellow put us in trouble. It is already difficult to press them, so with one less it becomes a different game. You have to wait and defend lower.

“Then, before making a substitution, we conceded.

“Gravenberch had played really well, he carried the ball well and defended well.

“I feel very proud of my players, it was not easy. In terms of the intensity – they put everything on the pitch.

“Our supporters today have been top level. Exemplary since we arrived and during the game, especially when we were putting the pressure on just before the red card – it was our best period of the game.”

Our next live action on Al Jazeera comes from the UEFA Champions League as Michael Carrick’s under-fire Manchester United travel to Spain to face Atletico Madrid.

After another downbeat display against Tottenham on Saturday, this could be a make-or-break week for Carrick.

Grab the popcorn and join us for that one if you can.

All the talk before the match had been about the Man City charges, the raucous Anfield atmosphere and how it would intimidate the away side.

All the talk after the match was that it was a wake up call for Liverpool and how Man City’s fans would continue to support their team no matter the punishment they receive for breaking Premier League financial rules.

“We’ll support our team no matter what happens and whatever the punishment is, but let’s see how the appeal goes,” one City fan told me.

Interestingly, it was a lot easier to find Man City fans to interview after their 3-0 win. Before the match it was nigh on impossible – funny that.

So what does this match mean for the rest of the season?

As one Liverpool fan told me: “It means nothing they’re cheats, end of story.”

What a strange day.

“Really very difficult circumstances and environment,” the City manager told Sky Sports.

“We struggled in the first half, we were not good on the ball. We adjusted in the second period and we were much better. We were not good enough in the build-up play as planned.

“We need to learn how to deal with the noise because the noise will be with us in all the away games.

“We need to deal with that and we need to make our noise – and that is winning games

“At the end of the game, the only noise was our fans and our win.

‘I’ve been here with City only once, in the treble season, but it was nice to play this game for the noise and environment.

“It is something that can create togetherness with the fans, bring the pressure and bring the noise – and hopefully we can celebrate the wins, that is our focus.

“After 10 or 15 years of winning titles and then this happens, it is not a good feeling for them. We’ll see how it finishes – this is not the moment.

“I cannot control things, so why stress? I control training and the matches, but everything else is not in my hands.”

City manager Enzo Maresca is set to talk to the media first.

“To come and win at Anfield is difficult, and they have dug in until the sending off, but at the back of your mind it is quite hard,” former England and Manchester United defender Gary Neville reflected on City’s first game since the guilty verdict for financial breaches against the club.

“I’d be quite happy to come off all City games for the next few months.

“You are imagining that if these verdicts are confirmed, then City will be relegated, and a huge cloud is hanging over the Premier League – and it will continue for a few months.

“You can’t get the negativity out of your head; we can admire the football, but we are wondering what is going to happen.

“It is damaging – it is being called a ‘sham league’ [due to City’s charges].”

European action follows for both clubs. We’ll bring you live coverage of Manchester City’s match against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, while Liverpool travel to Austria to face LASK on the same night.

There were 41 passes in the build-up to Cherki’s goal, City’s third. The previous best for a move leading to a goal this season was 24.

Click here to read our full report following the game at Anfield.

“For every single part of Man City, and fan, this is a lovely moment that will stay with us for a long time,” reflected the striker on the win.

“It was tough and hard, but we showed amazing character from the keeper to the front line.

“It is tough to come here, but it is about staying strong mentally and doing something about what you can do something about.

“I spoke about the character when we played with ten men at Old Trafford and Elliott goes into the tackles for us and does what we need to do to control the game.

“I missed a big chance and it was about trying to get another and staying focused and I’m proud of that. I’m proud we scored three goals at Anfield, it is not often that happened.

“It looked like they (the City fans) had the time of their lives, like last year when we were here.

“In the end you want to win games, simple as that. Perform well, play good football and win games. It is not easy after the international break, but I am proud of how we stuck together.”

“We have shown togetherness and fight, this is tough place to come and we have shown courage,” the City midfielder reflected on the match following recent off-field news.

“It (the noise from the Anfield crowd) was more than normal… Arriving and the first ten minutes of the first half, but we quietened the crowd and improved in the second half.

“During the game you can feel it, and it is a game where you have to stick together and we did.

“I enjoy the crowd and I come alive.”

The Reds slide down the table.

They are level on nine points with Leeds and Hull City above them on goal difference and Ipswich Town below them.

Arsenal pulled level on 15 points with City when they beat Leeds United on Saturday.

A sixth win in six Premier League games sends City clear of the title holders once again.

Ahead of the game, City fans shared inflatable bananas. The symbolism is a throwback to the 1980s, when City regularly did the same.

An attempt at a show of solidarity, but also an attempt to show a link to the club’s pre-2008 Abu Dhabi takeover.

Although the symbolism of the latter seems slightly confused, is that not what all the other clubs are arguing? They say City are unrecognisable as the club that had the alleged breaches of financial rules, and what has followed since should be struck off.

The City manager goes to the away support and urges them to up their volume in celebration. A surreal scene. The players join their manager, and there are smiles from all in front of their fans.

There is an unusual feel to the celebrations, though.

Should the appeal fail, this club may lose their Premier League status.

If they do, these players will no longer be at the club – and these fans will be heading to something very different from what they have become accustomed to.

As it stands, City’s football continues to do the talking on the field – and Liverpool had no answer once they were down to 10 men.

The Manchester City manager and his staff are in a huddle and cries of “Bravo, Bravo” are heard from the group.

The Liverpool fans don’t relent at full-time. The boos are not for the home side’s performance, but for the allegations against City.