Nine months ago the Reds comprehensively outplayed Manchester City on their own patch. But it was a very different story on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium

Pep Guardiola celebrated his 1000th senior match as a manager by thumping a longtime rival as Manchester City beat Arne Slot's Liverpool 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

With his 1,000th game set to come on Sunday — against Liverpool, no less — this is the story of his very first match as a manager

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City showed their depth and slickness on Sunday on a rain-soaked Etihad Stadium pitch, rolling over Liverpool 3-0 to move second on the Premier League table.

It felt a long way from Barcelona as a rain-soaked Pep Guardiola stood under an autumnal Manchester downpour on Sunday but there was no place he would rather be as the 1,000th game of his managerial career underlined that the magic still remains.

Pep Guardiola's coaching career started on September 2, 2007, in a Spanish fourth-tier game against Premia in front of around 2,000 spectators

Pep Guardiola believes "the universe dictated" that his 1000th game as a manager had to be against Liverpool, as the Spaniard reflects on a 3-0 win on his momentous day in the dugout.

Rayan Ait-Nouri and Omar Marmoush will soon be jetting away from the Manchester City squad for the upcoming African Cup of Nations.While City’s focus remains firmly on their domestic and European