Matchday liveFootball Manchester City face hostile Liverpool reception after guilty verdict – matchday live News, discussion and buildup before today’s action Today’s fixtures | The latest tables | Mail us here LIVE Updated 5m ago Tom Bassam Sun 11 Oct 2026 08.34 BSTFirst published on Sun 11 Oct 2026 08.00 BST Share Key events 35m ago Preamble Manchester City pair Enzo Fernández and Erling Haaland, plus Liverpool duo Virgil van Dijk and Bradley Barcola.
Composite: Getty Images, Reuters Manchester City pair Enzo Fernández and Erling Haaland, plus Liverpool duo Virgil van Dijk and Bradley Barcola.
Composite: Getty Images, Reuters Key events 35m ago Preamble Before we look ahead to today’s games let’s have a recap on yesterday’s action: Manchester United 1-1 Tottenham: Dominic Solanke glanced in a late equaliser to earn ten-man Spurs a point at Old Trafford Chelsea 5-1 Bournemouth: Jordan Henderson scored twice on Moises Caicedo’s return to Xabi Alonso’s first XI.
Chelsea looked much more solid with the Ecuadorian in the team.
Arsenal 2-1 Leeds: The Gunners winning machine trundled back on track after falling behind with Bruno Guimarães completing the comeback.
Aston Villa 2-2 Brentford: Each team lead this game but for a cumalative time of only four minutes.
Villa are still yet to win at home this season.
Ipswich 2-1 Fulham: Pressure is mounting on Álvaro Arbeloa after his side led this one until the 88th minute.
The west London club now have no wins in six and are bottom of the table.
Sunderland 0-2 Brighton: Even going down to ten men can’t stop Brighton, Maxim De Cuyper continued his excellent form with another goal.
Second-season syndrome for Sunderland?
It’s not an understatement to say the atmosphere at Anfield will be ‘lively’ today.
Liverpool are arguably the team that has lost out the most to Manchester City in the period covered by the Premier League’s rap sheet, so it is a gift from the narrative gods that this is the first game since the verdict dropped.
So… City win?
In the meantime, here’s this week’s Jonathan Wilson column on … why we’re stuck with a Premier League in the clutches of the global mega-rich.
