Cherki sparkles but who must do more? - player ratings for Liverpool v Man City

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Rayan Cherki scored the third goal for Man City

ByAadam PatelFootball reporter

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Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki scored as Manchester City inflicted a first defeat for Liverpool on Andoni Iraola.

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Liverpool

Alisson: Could do nothing to keep out Erling Haaland's strike then beaten by a beauty from Jeremy Doku and some solid footwork from Rayan Cherki. 5

Ronald Araujo: Got a cheap yellow card early on and will be annoyed that the first two Man City goals came from his side. 5

Virgil van Dijk: Often pushed out of position to help Liverpool deal with getting outnumbered in midfield. Perhaps could have closed Haaland down quicker. 6

Jeremy Jacquet: Wasn't a bad display from a young talent who is very impressive but this must have been a real eye-opener against a quality City attack. 6

Milos Kerkez: Battled well with Iliman Ndiaye and pushed up regularly but lacked quality in the final third. 5

Alexis Mac Allister: Grew into the game and put in a good shift but struggled once Liverpool went down to 10 men. 5

Ryan Gravenberch: Came in for the injured Dominik Szoboszlai and was Liverpool's best player until he got sent off for a second yellow card. Naive on his part. 6

Victor Munoz: Played with such a fearlessness and was an absolute nuisance for Man City, causing Nico O'Reilly all sorts of problems. 7

Florian Wirtz: Simply has got to do better, particularly in games of this magnitude. Was largely ineffective and made some poor decisions. 4

Bradley Barcola: Sharp on the ball and did his defensive duties but, like Wirtz, must to do more in the final third. 5

Lewis Koumas: Making his first Premier League start and the 21-year-old got stuck in from the outset in an energetic display that was loved by the Anfield crowd. 7

Subs:

Nyoni (on 66, Wirtz): 6

Frimpong (on 75, Araujo): 5

Ngumoha (on 75, Koumas): 5

Gomez (on 88, Jacquet)

Chiesa (on 88, Barcola)

Subs not used: Mamardashvili, Endo, Tsimikas, McConnell,

Manchester City

Gianluigi Donnarumma: Had a shaky start but made a string of good saves early in the second half to deny Koumas and Gravenberch and keep the game level. 7

Matheus Nunes: An impressive display and made a great tackle in the box to deny Barcola in the first half. 7

Ruben Dias: Did well to weather the early storm and keep Liverpool out. 7

Marc Guehi: Like Dias, a strong performance at centre-half and can take satisfaction from the way they defended, especially when Liverpool attacked The Kop end. 7

Nico O'Reilly: Solid going forward but had his work cut out against Munoz and was inevitably booked when he fouled the Spaniard in the second-half. 6

Elliot Anderson: Always showed for the ball and constantly involved but lucky not to get booked for pulling Gravenberch back. Got the assist for Doku. 7

Enzo Fernandez: Forced Alisson to make a good stop in the first half but didn't really grow into the game until Gravenberch was sent off. 6

Iliman Ndiaye: Dangerous on the ball and had a few threatening moments before he was replaced by Doku. 6

Rayan Cherki: Capped off a day to remember for Man City with a lovely goal. 8

Antoine Semenyo: Threatening all afternoon and part of an attack that was simply too good for Liverpool once City had the man advantage. 7

Erling Haaland: Had a quiet first half and missed a huge chance early on in the second half but finished emphatically to give City the lead. 8

Subs:

Doku (on 56, Ndiaye): Came on and scored an absolute belter. 8

Gvardiol (on 66, O'Reilly): 7

Allan (on 80, Haaland):

Bouaddi (on 84, Fernandez):

Subs not used: Rulli, Kovacic, Reis, Khusanov, Lewis

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Starting XI

Number: 1 Alisson Becker

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Number: 6 M. Kerkez

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Number: 4 V. van Dijk

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Number: 5 J. Jacquet

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Number: 33 R. Araujo

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Number: 10 A. Mac Allister

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Number: 38 R. Gravenberch

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Number: 29 B. Barcola

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Number: 7 F. Wirtz

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Number: 23 Víctor Muñoz

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Number: 67 L. Koumas

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Number: 14 F. Chiesa

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Number: 30 J. Frimpong

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Number: 2 J. Gomez

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Number: 73 R. Ngumoha

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Number: 42 T. Nyoni

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Number: 1 G. Donnarumma

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Number: 33 N. O'Reilly

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Number: 6 M. Guéhi

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Number: 3 Rúben Dias

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Number: 27 Matheus Nunes

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Number: 17 E. Fernández

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Number: 5 E. Anderson

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Number: 42 A. Semenyo

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Number: 10 R. Cherki

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Number: 7 I. Ndiaye

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Number: 9 E. Haaland

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Number: 37 Allan

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Number: 32 A. Bouaddi

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Number: 11 J. Doku

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Number: 24 J. Gvardiol

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