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		</div><p>Manchester City took advantage of Sadio Mane&#8217;s controversial sending-off to thrash Liverpool 5-0 in an eventful Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium.</p>
<p>Mane was shown a straight red card in the first half for a high challenge on Ederson that led to the City goalkeeper being carried off on a stretcher.</p>
<p>City were already leading at that point through Sergio Aguero but Gabriel Jesus and substitute Leroy Sane then both struck twice in a commanding performance.</p>
<p>City later reported that Ederson was not concussed and was checked for facial fractures at the medical institute adjacent to their training complex before returning to the stadium.</p>
<p>The hosts&#8217; performance represented a notable lifting of the tempo after a solid opening to the campaign while Liverpool&#8217;s impressive start was brought to a sudden halt.</p>
<p>City were without defensive linchpin Vincent Kompany and, worried by Liverpool&#8217;s formidable forward line, set up cautiously with wing-backs playing deep and midfielder Fernandinho just in front of the back five.</p>
<p>It did not prevent them looking jittery, with Nicolas Otamendi enduring a particularly difficult start up against the pace of Mohamed Salah.</p>
<p>City were a different proposition coming forward and Fernandinho tested Simon Mignolet from distance before Kevin De Bruyne split the Liverpool defence open with a superb through-ball for Aguero&#8217;s 25th-minute opener.</p>
<p>Aguero made no mistake as he rounded Mignolet and tucked home his sixth goal in as many Premier League home appearances against the Reds.</p>
<p>Liverpool responded with Mane racing clear only to be felled on the edge of the area by Fernandinho. Emre Can blasted the resulting free-kick wide before Salah failed to beat Ederson from close range.</p>
<p>The game&#8217;s major talking point came after 37 minutes as Mane chased a long ball over the top and raised his boot as Ederson came rushing out. He accidentally caught the Brazilian in the head and the keeper instantly fell to the ground.</p>
<p>The game was held up for eight minutes as Ederson received treatment before being carried off. The much-maligned Claudio Bravo was sent on as his replacement.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, controversy had erupted as referee Jon Moss had deemed Mane&#8217;s actions worthy of a red card.</p>
<figure id="attachment_118314" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-118314" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mancityvliverpoolsept17goal_large.jpg"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mancityvliverpoolsept17goal_large.jpg" alt="Sané, Manchester City, Liverpool" width="600" height="325" class="size-full wp-image-118314" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-118314" class="wp-caption-text">Leroy Sané had 2 goals in the matchup.</figcaption></figure>
<p>The incident seemed to dampen Liverpool&#8217;s spirits and the visitors had a let-off when a Jesus header was disallowed for offside. It proved only a minor reprieve as Jesus headed home another effort from a De Bruyne cross just before the interval.</p>
<p>Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp sent on new signing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for the second half but City soon killed off the game.</p>
<p>Aguero had another strike chalked off but, again, that mattered little as he raced onto a Fernandinho pass soon after to tee up Jesus for the third after 53 minutes.</p>
<p>Liverpool were being carved open all too easily and Benajmin Mendy combined well with substitute Sane for a well-worked fourth after 77 minutes. Mignolet produced a sprawling save to deny Aguero but Sane had the final word by curling in a superb fifth late on.</p>
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