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Manchester City dismantled a ten-man Liverpool side with three second-half goals at Anfield, with Erling Haaland, Jérémy Doku, and Rayan Cherki doing the damage after Ryan Gravenberch was sent off on the hour mark.

Nottingham Forest have won once in their last five Premier League matches. Manchester City have won all five of theirs. The numbers tell the story before a ball is kicked.

Manchester City responded to a guilty verdict in their long-running charges case with a 3-0 demolition of Liverpool at a furious Anfield, as Enzo Maresca abandoned his possession principles for direct, confrontational football. The win, built on Jeremy Doku's impact and a dramatic red card, signals the start of City's new identity as the Premier League's villains.

Manchester City's first match since being found guilty on all 115 Premier League charges brought 'cheat' merchandise, drone-monitored security and a 3-0 defeat at Anfield, before the club breached a separate broadcasting rule hours later.

Liverpool's 3-0 defeat to Manchester City at Anfield was already slipping away before Ryan Gravenberch's second-half red card, with a hamstring injury to Dominik Szoboszlai and a porous midfield exposing deeper problems behind Andoni Iraola's post-match complaints about the referee.

Manchester City thrashed Liverpool 3-0 days after being found guilty of 114 financial charges, leaving pundits Toby Alderweireld and Wayne Rooney questioning whether the Premier League table means anything while sanctions remain undecided. Inside the club, Haaland has urged unity, Kompany faces a conflicted response, and Kovacic looks set to leave.

Andy Burnham will publish details of his meetings with Manchester City's Abu Dhabi ownership after Kemi Badenoch demanded transparency, following criticism that his muted response to the club's guilty verdict on 115 financial charges smacked of conflict of interest. Rival clubs have told BBC Sport they fear political interference in City's live appeal.

Portugal has suspended plans to remove Football Leaks hacker Rui Pinto from witness protection after officials failed to properly notify him of the decision. His leaked documents triggered the investigation that saw Manchester City found guilty on all 115 financial charges, a verdict the club is now appealing.