Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said his side successfully contained the Liverpool trio of Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, and Florian Wirtz in their 3-0 win on Sunday.
City moved within four points of Premier League leaders Arsenal on the occasion of Guardiola’s 1,000th game as a manager.
Erling Haaland and Nico Gonzalez scored in the first half, before Jeremy Doku added a stunning third.
“My players gave me a good present with this performance against the champions,” Guardiola told Sky Sports.
“We had to perform good and many good things happened, they all performed to the highest level. Defensively it was really good. We know their threat in behind with Mo [Salah] and the quality of [Dominik] Szoboszlai and [Florian] Wirtz and we have incredible energy with our people. Playing at home and winning is good for the international break.
“Gigi [Donnarumma] made the saves he should. Both the full-backs were outstanding. The midfielders gave us a lot of passes and control. Of course the threat of Jeremy [Doku] was outstanding alongside Erling [Haaland].”
