Manchester City celebrate Guardiola's 1,000th managerial game with Liverpool scalp
What's the story
Manchester City tamed Liverpool at the Etihad on Matchday 11 of the Premier League 2025-26 season on Sunday. The match was Pep Guardiola's 1,000th in managerial level and Man City celebrated the occassion in style by dispatching the holders. Goals from Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku handed Man City three massive points. The Reds suffered their 5th defeat of the campaign.
Pep
Pep Guardiola wins in his 1,000th managerial game
Guardiola featured in his 1,000th match as a manager. Since starting his managerial journey with Barcelona B in 2007, Guardiola has achieved everything. He also managed Barcelona and Bayern Munich before joining Manchester City in 2016. He has won 716 matches and drawn another 156 games besides losing 128. This was his 550th match as Man City manager (W388, D79, L83).
Doku
Doku makes his presence felt
As per Opta, Doku is the first player to score, win 10+ duels (11), complete 7+ dribbles (7), create 3+ chances (3) and have 3+ shots on target (3) in a single Premier League game since Eden Hazard for Chelsea versus West Ham in April 2019. Meanwhile, the player registered his 7th goal in the Premier League from 69 appearances. He owns 17 assists.
Haaland
Haaland races to 99 Premier League goals
Haaland has scored a total of 14 goals in 11 Premier League games this season. This is the second-most any player has scored in their team's first 11 games of a season in the competition, behind only Haaland himself in 2022-23 (17). Overall, Haaland has raced to 99 Premier League goals (A17) from 108 appearances. Across all competitions, he owns 143 goals for City.
Match details
A look at the match summary
Haaland saw an early penalty get saved by Giorgi Mamardashvili before making amends with the first goal of the contest. Virgil van Dijk's equalizer was then ruled out by VAR. Gonzalez then made it 2-0 before the break. In the 2nd half, it was Doku whose sensational strike made it 3-0 and killed the contest.
Stats
Points table: City go 2nd; Liverpool are 8th
Man City have moved 2nd, cutting down Arsenal's lead to 4 points after 11 matches. Guardiola's men own 22 points. On the other hand, Liverpool are eighth in the standings. They are behind Tottenham, Aston Villa and Manchester United on basis of goal difference. All of these 4 clubs own 18 points each.
Information
Here are the match stats
Hosts City had 6 shots on target from 14 attempts. Liverpool managed only 7 attempts and one shot on target. However, the Reds created 2 big chances. City has 28 touches in the opposition box compared to Liverpool's 22.
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Bernardo Silva makes his 48th Premier League assist
Bernardo Silva assisted Gonzalez for City's 2nd goal. It was the veteran's 48th assist in the Premier League. He overcame former Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero's assists tally (47).