Man City conquer Liverpool with a 'hat-trick' of goals

Manchester City maintained their lead at the top of the English Premier League table after securing a 3-0 victory over Liverpool in the sixth round of the competition. The first half ended goalless, but the dismissal of Liverpool’s Ryan Gravenberch in the 62nd minute changed the course of the match. Erling Haaland opened the scoring for City in the 65th minute, Jeremy Doku added a second in the 68th, and Riyad Mahrez sealed the win with a third goal in the 78th.

The victory lifted Manchester City to 18 points at the summit of the table, while Liverpool remained on just nine points in ninth place.

In another match, Crystal Palace finally broke their winless streak against Nottingham Forest, securing their first-ever victory over the visitors with a 3-1 scoreline. In 12 previous top-flight meetings between the two sides, Palace had failed to win, settling for eight draws and four defeats. However, they managed to dispel the bad luck yesterday, turning a deficit into their second win of the season.

Forest, who had not lost to their opponents in their last 11 meetings across all competitions since December 2011 (a 0-1 defeat in the second tier), took the lead in the third minute through Swiss midfielder Dan Ndoye. But Palace responded late in the first half with goals from Japanese midfielder Daichi Kamada in the 41st minute and Colombian forward Jefferson Lerma in the 45+1st minute. They secured the three points in the second half with a goal from Spanish forward Jeremie Boga in the 59th minute.

Palace moved up to 12th place with seven points, while Forest remained on five points in 14th place.

Hull City drew 2-2 with Everton. Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur, playing with ten men, snatched a valuable 1-1 draw from hosts Manchester United thanks to a late goal by Dominic Solanke in the 92nd minute. Cameroonian international Bryan Mbeumo gave United the lead in the 73rd minute. Tottenham appeared headed for defeat when Uruguayan midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was sent off in the 78th minute for headbutting United defender Luke Shaw, but Solanke rescued them in the dying moments with a header from Sandro Tonali’s cross.

Tottenham sit in 18th place and remain without a win after losing three of their first six league matches. Manchester United, meanwhile, occupy 13th place, having recorded only one league victory since the start of the season.