Who 'simply has to do better'? Liverpool v Man City player ratings

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Rayan Cherki scored the third goal for Man City

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Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki scored as Manchester City inflicted a first defeat for Liverpool on Andoni Iraola.

Here's how I rated the players and you can see how you scored them below.

Liverpool

Alisson: Could do nothing to keep out Erling Haaland's strike then beaten by a beauty from Jeremy Doku and some solid footwork from Rayan Cherki. 5

Ronald Araujo: Got a cheap yellow card early on and will be annoyed that the first two Man City goals came from his side. 5

Virgil van Dijk: Often pushed out of position to help Liverpool deal with getting outnumbered in midfield. Perhaps could have closed Haaland down quicker. 6

Jeremy Jacquet: Wasn't a bad display from a young talent who is very impressive but this must have been a real eye-opener against a quality City attack. 6

Milos Kerkez: Battled well with Iliman Ndiaye and pushed up regularly but lacked quality in the final third. 5

Alexis Mac Allister: Grew into the game and put in a good shift but struggled once Liverpool went down to 10 men. 5

Ryan Gravenberch: Came in for the injured Dominik Szoboszlai and was Liverpool's best player until he got sent off for a second yellow card. Naive on his part. 6

Victor Munoz: Played with such a fearlessness and was an absolute nuisance for Man City, causing Nico O'Reilly all sorts of problems. 7

Florian Wirtz: Simply has to do better, particularly in games of this magnitude. Was largely ineffective and made some poor decisions. 4

Bradley Barcola: Sharp on the ball and did his defensive duties but, like Wirtz, must to do more in the final third. 5

Lewis Koumas: Making his first Premier League start and the 21-year-old got stuck in from the outset in an energetic display that was loved by the Anfield crowd. 7

Subs:

Nyoni (on 66, Wirtz): 6

Frimpong (on 75, Araujo): 5

Ngumoha (on 75, Koumas): 5

Gomez (on 88, Jacquet)

Chiesa (on 88, Barcola)

Subs not used: Mamardashvili, Endo, Tsimikas, McConnell,

Manchester City

Gianluigi Donnarumma: Had a shaky start but made a string of good saves early in the second half to deny Koumas and Gravenberch and keep the game level. 7

Matheus Nunes: An impressive display and made a great tackle in the box to deny Barcola in the first half. 7

Ruben Dias: Did well to weather the early storm and keep Liverpool out. 7

Marc Guehi: Like Dias, a strong performance at centre-half and can take satisfaction from the way they defended, especially when Liverpool attacked The Kop end. 7

Nico O'Reilly: Solid going forward but had his work cut out against Munoz and was inevitably booked when he fouled the Spaniard in the second-half. 6

Elliot Anderson: Always showed for the ball and constantly involved but lucky not to get booked for pulling Gravenberch back. Got the assist for Doku. 7

Enzo Fernandez: Forced Alisson to make a good stop in the first half but didn't really grow into the game until Gravenberch was sent off. 6

Iliman Ndiaye: Dangerous on the ball and had a few threatening moments before he was replaced by Doku. 6

Rayan Cherki: Capped off a day to remember for Man City with a lovely goal. 8

Antoine Semenyo: Threatening all afternoon and part of an attack that was simply too good for Liverpool once City had the man advantage. 7

Erling Haaland: Had a quiet first half and missed a huge chance early on in the second half but finished emphatically to give City the lead. 8

Subs:

Doku (on 56, Ndiaye): Came on and scored an absolute belter. 8

Gvardiol (on 66, O'Reilly): 7

Allan (on 80, Haaland):

Bouaddi (on 84, Fernandez):

Subs not used: Rulli, Kovacic, Reis, Khusanov, Lewis

How did you rate the players?

Player of the match

Number: 11 J. Doku
Average rating 6.73
Number: 23 Víctor Muñoz
Average Rating: 5.68
Number: 67 L. Koumas
Average Rating: 5.61
Number: 1 Alisson Becker
Average Rating: 5.48
Number: 5 J. Jacquet
Average Rating: 5.36
Number: 4 V. van Dijk
Average Rating: 5.25
Number: 10 A. Mac Allister
Average Rating: 5.25
Number: 38 R. Gravenberch
Average Rating: 5.22
Number: 33 R. Araujo
Average Rating: 5.16
Number: 6 M. Kerkez
Average Rating: 4.99
Number: 29 B. Barcola
Average Rating: 4.78
Number: 42 T. Nyoni
Average Rating: 4.59
Number: 73 R. Ngumoha
Average Rating: 4.43
Number: 14 F. Chiesa
Average Rating: 4.32
Number: 2 J. Gomez
Average Rating: 4.24
Number: 7 F. Wirtz
Average Rating: 4.22
Number: 30 J. Frimpong
Average Rating: 3.93

After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.