Cherki stars as Haaland and Doku help Man City beat Liverpool

Manchester City recorded a win over Liverpool with Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki on the scoresheet, inflicting a first defeat for Liverpool under Andoni Iraola.

WHAT HAPPENED
City's three goals came from Haaland, Doku and Cherki. Liverpool were reduced to 10 men after Ryan Gravenberch was sent off for a second yellow card. Goalkeeper Alisson was unable to keep out Haaland and was also beaten by Doku and Cherki.

KEY PERFORMERS
- Rayan Cherki (8): Capped the day with what the report described as a lovely goal and earned the match's top rating.
- Several players earned 7s: Victor Munoz (described as fearless and a nuisance to opponents), Lewis Koumas, Gianluigi Donnarumma (made a string of good saves), Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi, Elliot Anderson and Antoine Semenyo.
- Ryan Gravenberch (6): Liverpool's best player until his dismissal for a second yellow.
- Florian Wirtz (4): Marked down as largely ineffective and in need of a better showing in a game of this magnitude.
- Alisson, Ronald Araujo, Milos Kerkez, Alexis Mac Allister and Bradley Barcola were each given 5s in the ratings.

The BBC's player ratings list these assessments and scores for a wide range of participants from both sides.