Pep Guardiola celebrated his 1,000th game as a manager with a stunning 3-0 win over Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium, cutting Arsenal’s Premier League lead to four points.

Manchester City took control early, and halting Liverpool’s resurgence. Erling Haaland missed a penalty after Giorgi Mamardashvili fouled Jeremy Doku but made amends minutes later with a towering header from Matheus Nunes’ cross, his 28th goal of the season.

Liverpool briefly thought they had equalised through Virgil van Dijk’s header, but the goal was disallowed for offside.

City doubled their advantage just before half-time as Nico Gonzalez’s 20-yard effort deflected off Van Dijk to wrong-foot Mamardashvili.

Doku the difference

Jeremy Doku terrorised Liverpool’s defence all evening, capping his electric display with a stunning curling strike from 20 yards to make it 3-0. The Belgian winger’s pace and flair overwhelmed Conor Bradley.

Haaland led the line well, supported by Doku, Phil Fode, and Bernardo Silva, while Gianluigi Donnarumma was solid in goal, denying Dominik Szoboszlai’s late effort.