Cherki cracker caps Manchester City win at Liverpool in face of Anfield taunts

Erling Haaland and Jérémy Doku were also on target in Manchester City’s 3-0 win against Liverpool, who had Ryan Gravenberch sent off after 62 minutes It is a soundtrack that Manchester City have heard before but never for such sustained bursts during a match. It came from the Liverpool support, first ringing out around Anfield before kick-off and coming at regular intervals thereafter. It was always going to be like this as City felt their way into a new reality, one conditioned by the guilty verdicts handed to them by an independent commission on virtually all of the 115 charges they have faced for breaking the Premier League’s financial rules.

City maintain their innocence and have appealed. The Kop wanted to tell City what they are. And where they were going. They wanted to tell them again and again. According to them, they are cheats, who are set to be relegated. It was not exactly a bear pit of an atmosphere; not truly intimidating. It was