City put three past you at Anfield
Liverpool 0–3 Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday. Three goals, no answer, and City barely broke a sweat (1)(7)(8). Erling Haaland called it "wonderful" (13). Jérémy Doku came off the bench in the 56th minute and buried the game (12). You sit 9th on 9 points after six league games. Next up is LASK Linz away in the Champions League on Wednesday.
The atmosphere turned ugly
Anfield was hostile before kickoff and stayed that way. City were met with boos and jeers in their first match since the financial scandal broke (8). Their fans waved inflatable bananas in the away end to defuse the mood (5)(14). One manager expects the protests against City to continue (10).
Carragher and a legend turn on Wirtz
Florian Wirtz could not change the game against City, and the criticism came fast. A Liverpool legend laid into him after the final whistle (3). The numbers are grim: 39 Premier League games, five goals, five assists for your record signing (11). Carragher called for him to be pulled (4).
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A full-back is on the radar
Liverpool are looking at a replacement for Jeremie Frimpong, with a young full-back on the club's radar (2). No deal yet, just names on the list.
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Mo Salah set a new benchmark, going from strength to strength at Liverpool (6). The same report names a possible long-term successor to Virgil van Dijk (6).
What Maresca said
Enzo Maresca watched City win 3–0 and quiet Anfield. His message afterwards: the team has to keep performing to drown out the noise (1). He also doubled down on his stance on City's charges (7).
Fan reactions
The mood on r/LiverpoolFC is raw, and most of the anger is aimed at the refereeing rather than the scoreline. Fans are trading lines about "excuses after excuses" and calling for scrutiny of what they see as unbalanced decisions. There is gallows humour too, including a shoutout for a Sky graphic during the match.
