Manchester City suffered a bruising night at Anfield with a 3-0 defeat in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final clash.

Manchester City suffered a bruising night at Anfield with a 3-0 defeat in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final clash.

First half goals from Mohamed Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane means City have a tough challenge ahead in next Tuesday’s return leg at the Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola‘s men showed spirit to come back into the game in the second half but in the end the Blues could not force an away goal.

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