Man City must ‘make our own noise’ by winning games, says Maresca

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Enzo Maresca insisted his Manchester City players brought their own noise to Anfield as they thrashed 10-man Liverpool to maintain their perfect start in the Premier League. 

City were playing in their first game since being found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s financial regulations, and they delivered a statement performance on Sunday. 

The Citizens managed to quieten a vociferous home crowd during the first half, and the game turned in the 62nd minute when Ryan Gravenberch received a second yellow card.

Gravenberch was penalised for a careless foul on Jeremy Doku, having already been booked earlier in the second half for a questionable tackle on Elliot Anderson in midfield. 

But City made their dominance immediately count when Erling Haaland fired home in the 65th minute before Doku curled a sensational effort beyond Alisson Becker’s grasp. 

Rayan Cherki rounded off a fine individual move that saw 41 passes and every City player touch the ball in the 78th minute, making it six wins from six games for City. 

A team have started with six straight wins in just two of the last seven Premier League seasons (since 2020-21), with City being both of those sides in 2023-24 and 2026-27. 

Maresca was thrilled to overcome a difficult trip to Merseyside, but he challenged his players to continue silencing opposition crowds by maintaining their winning momentum. 

“Very difficult circumstances, difficult environment. We struggled in the first half, we were on the ball but not so much off the ball,” Maresca told Sky Sports.

“In the second half, we made some adjustments and we were much better. In the build-up, we were not doing the right things. The second half we were better.

“We need to learn how to deal with the noise because the noise will be with us at all of our away games – there will be noise. We need to deal with that and make our own noise.

“Our noise is to win games. The feeling at the end of the game with our fans and our noise, that’s a nice feeling and a different noise.”

6 – A team have started with six straight wins in just two of the last seven Premier League seasons (since 2020-21): Manchester City in 2023-24 and Manchester City in 2026-27. Defiance. https://t.co/fxjmoHPeoM

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 11, 2026

Haaland’s opener was a clinical finish after Doku’s cross deflected off Alexis Mac Allister and into his path, with the Norwegian netting his eighth goal in his eighth appearance against Liverpool across all competitions. 

Doku, meanwhile, scored his 12th Premier League goal, but only his second as a substitute (also October 2024 vs Fulham) – he is the third sub to score at Anfield for City in the competition after George Weah in September 2000 and Bernardo Silva in January 2018.

And despite only coming on in the 56th minute, he also recorded the most dribbles (five) and was directly involved in the joint-second most shots (two shots, two chances created) of any visiting player for Maresca’s side. 

The quality of City’s goals pleased Maresca, while he also hailed Doku for the impact he had after replacing Iliman Ndiaye with the game still awaiting its first goal. 

“Outstanding – Jeremy [Doku] was very good we need to take care of him. He is important but only just back from injury. Performance from everyone was brilliant,” he added. 

“With one more player, it was easier to keep the ball, but I am very happy with three points.

“I can not control things outside football, so why stress? I stress about the gameplan, day by day training sessions, but the rest is not in my hands.”

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